This work explores the role of canon law in the ecclesiastical reform movement of the eleventh century, commonly known as the Gregorian Reform. Focusing on the

The eleventh-century papal reform transformed western European Church and society and permanently altered the relations of Church and State in the west. The ref

"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation betw

A Companion to the Medieval Papacy brings together an international group of experts on various aspects of the medieval papacy. Each chapter provides an up-to-d

This book explores the relationship between the papacy and reform against the backdrop of social and religious change in later tenth and eleventh-century Europe