Latin Church in Norman Italy

Informationen zum Autor Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval Italian History at the University of Leeds. His previous books include Church and Society in the Norman Principality of Capua! 1058-1197 (1985)! The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus'! 1154-69 (with Thomas Wiedemann; 1998)! and The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (2000). Klappentext Examines the relationship between Norman rulers! south Italian churchmen and the new 'papal monarchy'. Zusammenfassung A detailed and sophisticated 2007 examination of the relationship between Norman rulers! south Italian churchmen and the external influence of the new 'papal monarchy'. The book also discusses the impact of the creation of the new kingdom of Sicily in 1130 and the tensions that arose from the papal schism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The Church in southern Italy before the Normans; 2. The Church and the Norman conquest; 3. The papacy and the rulers of southern Italy; 4. The papacy and the Church in southern Italy; 5. The Kings of Sicily and the Church; 6. The Church and military obligation; 7. The secular Church; 8. Monasticism; 9. Latins, Greeks and non-Christians; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: G. A. Loud, G. A. (Professor of Medieval Italian History Loud, Professor G. A. Loud
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2007
• EAN: 9780521255516
• ISBN: 978-0-521-25551-6
• No. of pages: 590
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Christianity, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Church history, European history: medieval period, middle ages