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Description edit
This classic text outlines the development of the papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge and insight, Ullmann traces the course of papal history from the late Roman Empire to its eventual decline in the Renaissance.
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- Frederick Ii: Add a description of this character.
- Gregory Vii
- Henry Iv
- St Peter
- Alexander Iii
- Otto
- Walter Ullmann
- John Xxii
- Constantine
- Nicholas
- Boniface Viii
- Bernard
- Hildebrand
- Romanism
- Leo Iii
- Henry Iii
- Ruler
- Charles
- Constance
- Pippin
- Stephen
- Martin
- Clement
- Lothar
- Philip
- John Xii
- Henry Vi
- Silvester
- Sergius
- Godfrey
- Gelasius
- Victor
- Peter Damian
- Abelard
- Innocent
- Norman
- Photius
- St Paul
- Luther
- Colonna
Setting & Locations edit
- New Rome
- Constantinople
- Southern Italy
- Europe
- France
- Germany
- England
- Sicily
- Bologna
- Avignon
- Spain
- Hungary
- Ravenna
- Gratian
- Basle
- Paris
- Byzantium
- Rheims
- Jerusalem
- Poland
- Mainz
- Naples
- Pavia
- Bohemia
- Vatican
- Middle Ages
- Lateran
- Scotland
- Portugal
- Gaul
- Ostia
- Lombardy
- Russia
- Canterbury
- Northern Italy
- Cologne
- Guelf
- Denmark
- Apulia
- Florence
- Sweden
- Pisa
- Venice
- Holy Land
- Franks
- Benevento
- Ireland
- South Italy
First Sentence edit
THE MEASURE BY which the Emperor Constantine the Great not only granted the Christian Church freedom of religious worship in 313, but also decreed the return of ecclesiastical goods confiscated during the persecutions, had necessarily far-reaching consequences for the local church of Rome.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Walter Ullmann (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 262.130902
Subjects edit
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Christian Living › Leadership
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Catholicism
- Books › Religion & Spirituality › Christianity › Church History
- Books › History › World › Renaissance
- Books › History › Europe › Vatican
- Books › History › World › Medieval
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