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A revolution shook the Christian world in the second half of the eleventh century. Many eminent historians point to Hildebrand, later Gregory VII (1073-1085), as the prime mover of this movement that aspired to free the Church from secular entanglements, and to return it to its state of paleochristian purity. I see the reform from the perspective of much wider developments such as the split between the Greek and the Latin Churches and the Norman infiltration of Southern Italy. Contentrating on the popes and the antipopes I delve into the character and motivations of the important personae, and do not see the movement as a smooth line of progress. I see the outcome as reversal of power of what had been a strong empire and a weak papacy.
Price: $175.00
Pages: 266
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
Publication Date:
09 December 2011
ISBN: 9789004217010
Format: Hardcover
"Popes and Antipopes is less about an office than about people. Its institutional history morphs into social history. Its story really concerns reformers--not just the traditional heroes but also some who were anti-popes and imperialists and some who were morally compromised--all struggling with limited success as they tragically attempt to reshape an unjust and inharmonious world." - John Howe, Texas Tech University, in: The Medieval Review (January 2013)
"Mary Stroll’s latest contribution to the history of the medieval papacy is a brave endeavour to illuminate the political factors the undergirded the successes and failures of the papal reform movement in the 11th century." - Eimhin Walsh, Trinity College, Dublin, in: Reviews in History (23 February 2013)
"Mary Stroll’s latest contribution to the history of the medieval papacy is a brave endeavour to illuminate the political factors the undergirded the successes and failures of the papal reform movement in the 11th century." - Eimhin Walsh, Trinity College, Dublin, in: Reviews in History (23 February 2013)
Mary Stroll, PhD (1975), University of California, San Diego, is a Visiting Scholar at UCSD. She has published extensively on the relationship between the Church and the Empire in the twelfth Century. Her latest book is Calixtus II (1119-1121): A Pope Born to Rule (Brill, 2004).