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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Whalen, Brett Edward
Titre(s) : The two powers [Texte imprimé] : the papacy, the empire, and the struggle for sovereignty in the thirteenth century / Brett Edward Whalen
Publication : Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (312 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Collection : Middle Ages series
Lien à la collection : The Middle Ages series
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p.[283]-299. Index
"Historians commonly designate the High Middle Ages as the era of the "papal monarchy,"
when the popes of Rome vied with secular rulers for spiritual and temporal supremacy.
Indeed, in many ways the story of the papal monarchy encapsulates that of medieval
Europe as often remembered: a time before the modern age, when religious authorities
openly clashed with emperors, kings, and princes for political mastery of their world,
claiming sovereignty over Christendom, the universal community of Christian kingdoms,
churches, and peoples. At no point was this conflict more widespread and dramatic
than during the papacies of Gregory IX (1227-1241) and Innocent IV (1243-1254). Their
struggles with the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II (1212-1250) echoed in the corridors
of power and the court of public opinion, ranging from the battlefields of Italy to
the streets of Jerusalem. In The Two Powers, Brett Edward Whalen has written a new
history of this combative relationship between the thirteenth-century papacy and empire.
Countering the dominant trend of modern historiography, which focuses on Frederick
instead of the popes, he redirects our attention to the papal side of the historical
equation. By doing so, Whalen highlights the ways in which Gregory and Innocent acted
politically and publicly, realizing their priestly sovereignty through the networks
of communication, performance, and documentary culture that lay at the unique disposal
of the Apostolic See. Covering pivotal decades that included the last major crusades,
the birth of the Inquisition, and the unexpected invasion of the Mongols, The Two
Powers shows how Gregory and Innocent's battles with Frederick shaped the historical
destiny of the thirteenth-century papacy and its role in the public realm of medieval
Christendom."
Sujet(s) : Papauté -- 1054-1309
Église et État -- Moyen âge
Saint Empire romain germanique -- 1215-1250 (Frédéric II)
Indice(s) Dewey :
261.709 02 (23e éd.) = Christianisme et affaires politiques - 0500-1499
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780812250862. - ISBN 0812250869 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45781698g
Notice n° :
FRBNF45781698
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I. Gregory IX ; A contested vow ; Reforming the peace ; The widening gyre
; Christendom in crisis ; Interlude : the vacancy ; Part II. Innocent IV ; A new
hope ; The council ; Christendom at war ; The price of victory ; Postlude : the
afterworld.
