1st Edition

Pope Innocent II (1130-43) The World vs the City

Edited By John Doran, Damian J. Smith Copyright 2016
420 Pages
by Routledge

420 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

420 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The pontificate of Innocent II (1130-1143) has long been recognized as a watershed in the history of the papacy, marking the transition from the age of reform to the so-called papal monarchy, when an earlier generation of idealistic reformers gave way to hard-headed pragmatists intent on securing worldly power for the Church. Whilst such a conception may be a cliché its effect has been to... Read more

Contents: Preface; Innocent II: a very short introduction, Damian J. Smith; Two popes: the city vs the world, John Doran; Innocent II and the empire, I. S. Robinson; Sicut ex scriptis vestris accepimus: Innocent II and the insulae Britanniae et Hiberniae, Anne J. Duggan; Innocent II and Capetian France, Pascal Montaubin; From Aquitaine to Provence: the struggle for influence during the schism of 1130, Ursula Vones-Liebenstein; Innocent II and the Kingdom of Sicily, G. A. Loud; The men who would be kings: Innocent II and Spain, Damian J. Smith; Struggling for ecclesiastical independence in the North, Torben Kjersgaard Nielsen; The transmission of the Councils from 1130 to 1139*, Martin Brett and Robert Somerville; Jura sua unicuique tribuat: Innocent II and the advance of the learned laws, Anne J. Duggan; The livery of loyalty: Innocent II and the Pallium, Steven A. Schoenig, S.J.; Innocent II and the liturgy, John F. Romano; Patronage of art and architecture, Dale Kinney; Index.

Biography

John Doran was Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at University of Chester, UK.



Damian J. Smith is Associate Professor of Medieval History at Saint Louis University, Missouri, USA.