A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages
by Walter Ullmann
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This classic text outlines the development of the Papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge, insight and sophistication, Walter Ullmann traces the course of papal history from the late Roman Empire to its eventual decline in the Renaissance.The focus of this survey is on the institution and the idea of papacy rather than individual figures, recognizing the shaping power of the popes' roles that made them outstanding personalities. The transpersonal idea, Ullmann show more argues, sprang from Christianity itself and led to the Papacy as an institution sui generis show less
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Walter Ullmann was Professor of Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College.
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- Original publication date
- 1972
- First words*
- Il provvedimento con cui nel 313 l'imperatore Costantino il Grande non solo riconosceva alla chiesa cristiana libertà di culto religioso, ma decretava anche la restituzione dei beni ecclesiastici confiscati durante le persec... (show all)uzioni, non poteva mancare di avere conseguenze importantissime per la lcale chiesa di Roma.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ecco il vero paradosso storico: il papato era diventato il centro di attrazione d'Europa grazie al ruolo dichiaratamente monarchico del papa; e fu questa stessa funzione monarchica a ridurre il papato, alle soglie dell'era moderna, al ruolo di una semplice potenza situata nell'Italia centrale.
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