Despite the growing centralisation of medieval papal government, this study argues that twelfth-century papal councils - a critical mechanism for contemporary papal government - relied on input from local clerics to formulate the conciliar decrees and, later, ensure their dissemination, thereby limiting the influence of the papacy.
Ann Williams Orden de los libros (cronológico)
Ann Williams es una especialista en la historia de la Inglaterra anglosajona. Es miembro de la Society of Antiquaries y becaria de investigación en la University of East Anglia. Anteriormente, fue profesora de historia en el Polytechnic of North London de 1965 a 1988.
Anglo-Norman Studies XLII - Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2019
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- 7 horas de lectura
A series which is a model of its kind: Edmund King
This book is a study of the exercise of royal authority before the Norman Conquest. Six centuries separate the 'adventus Saxonum' from the battle of Hastings: during those long years, the English kings changed from warlords, who exacted submission by force, into law-givers to whom obedience was a moral duty. In the process, they created many of the administrative institutes which continued to serve their successors. They also created England: the united kingdom of the English people.