The reign of Pope Gregory VII (1073-85) is critically important in the history of the medieval Church and Papacy. This original and authoritative study, the first for over fifty years, records the remarkable career of the Pope who started life as a humble clerk of the Roman church, gave his name to the Gregorian Reforms, and finally died in exile at Salerno. His reign prepared the way for an age of strong papal monarchy throughout medieval Europe.
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"This book should be applauded by students and scholars alike and is a welcome addition to the renewed scholarly attention given to Gregory's life and times in recent years."--Speculum
"[Pope Gregory VII, 1073-1085] is the culmination of a life's work, and in my view it is a masterpiece."--Times Literary Supplement
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H. E. J. Cowdrey is Emeritus Fellow at St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
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Pope Gregory VII (1073-85) entered the historical scene under the name of Hildebrand during the crisis that overtook the church at Rome in 1044-9, in the course of which the German emperor Henry III (1039-56) instituted its thorough reform. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lent synod, clerical fornication, apostolic mercy, simoniacal dealings, comprovincial bishops, apostolic sec, clerical unchastity, simoniac heresy, excommunicated counsellors, clerical chastity, papal purposes, suburbicarian bishops, campaign against simony, canonical propriety, last encyclical, false penances, monastic liberty, second excommunication, clerical incontinence, des investiturstreites, canonical life, sword from blood, monastic conversion, lay investiture, canonical election Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hugh of Die, Robert Guiscard, South Italy, Abbot Hugh of Cluny, Rudolf of Swabia, Abbot William, Empress Agnes, Amatus of Oloron, Count Robert, Peter of Albano, Archbishop Siegfried of Mainz, Count William, Bishop Hermann of Metz, Duke Godfrey of Lorraine, Archbishop Manasses of Rheims, Bonizo of Sutri, Pope Leo, Bishop Anselm, Archbishop Anno of Cologne, Archbishop Guibert of Ravenna, Archbishop Ralph of Tours, Archbishop Richer of Sens, South German, Central Italy, Lampert of Hersfeld New!
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Pope Gregory VII (1073-85) entered the historical scene under the name of Hildebrand during the crisis that overtook the church at Rome in 1044-9, in the course of which the German emperor Henry III (1039-56) instituted its thorough reform. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lent synod, clerical fornication, apostolic mercy, simoniacal dealings, comprovincial bishops, apostolic sec, clerical unchastity, simoniac heresy, excommunicated counsellors, clerical chastity, papal purposes, suburbicarian bishops, campaign against simony, canonical propriety, last encyclical, false penances, monastic liberty, second excommunication, clerical incontinence, des investiturstreites, canonical life, sword from blood, monastic conversion, lay investiture, canonical election Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hugh of Die, Robert Guiscard, South Italy, Abbot Hugh of Cluny, Rudolf of Swabia, Abbot William, Empress Agnes, Amatus of Oloron, Count Robert, Peter of Albano, Archbishop Siegfried of Mainz, Count William, Bishop Hermann of Metz, Duke Godfrey of Lorraine, Archbishop Manasses of Rheims, Bonizo of Sutri, Pope Leo, Bishop Anselm, Archbishop Anno of Cologne, Archbishop Guibert of Ravenna, Archbishop Ralph of Tours, Archbishop Richer of Sens, South German, Central Italy, Lampert of Hersfeld New!
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