This study reinterprets the relationship between the medieval papacy and independent states, suggesting that kings and governments were able to increase their e

This study reinterprets the relationship between the medieval papacy and independent states, suggesting that kings and governments were able to increase their e

The first comparative study of royal childhood and child kingship, revealing the fundamental role they played in medieval rulership.

England and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: Papal Privileges in European Perspective, c. 680-1073 provides the first dedicated, book-length study of intera

This book bridges Japanese and European scholarly approaches to ecclesiastical history to provide new insights into how the papacy conceptualised its authority