The Papacy as an Institution of Government in the Middle Ages

After reading the title of my paper, you may well have wondered whether anything worth while or useful can still be said about the mediaeval papacy. Your apprehension would certainly be justified, if I were concerned merely with its history, but of recent years the institution has not been so much t...

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Autore principale: Ullmann, Walter 1910-1983 (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 1965
In: Studies in church history
Anno: 1965, Volume: 2, Pagine: 78-101
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Riepilogo:After reading the title of my paper, you may well have wondered whether anything worth while or useful can still be said about the mediaeval papacy. Your apprehension would certainly be justified, if I were concerned merely with its history, but of recent years the institution has not been so much the subject of purely narrative treatment as of the underlying principles and aims. And here so great a variety of views has been set forth that an outsider might well feel somewhat perplexed by the contradictory views propounded. Why does the mediaeval papacy evoke such divergent interpretations?
ISSN:2059-0644
Comprende:Enthalten in: Studies in church history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0424208400005131