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Ian
Robinson, trans.
The Papal Reform of the
Eleventh Century: Lives of Pope Leo IX and Pope Gregory VII.
Manchester University Press, 2004.
Manchester Medieval
Sources series.
448pp.
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Hardback 071903874X £49.99
Paperback 0719038758 £19.99
The eleventh-century papal
reform transformed Western European Church and society and permanently
altered the relations of Church and State in the West. The reform
was inaugurated by Pope Leo IX (1048-54) and given a controversial
change of direction by Pope Gregory VII (1073-85).
This book contains the earliest biographies of both popes, presented
here for the first time in English translation with detailed
commentaries. The biographers of Leo IX were inspired by his
universally acknowledged sanctity, whereas the biographers of Gregory
VII wrote to defend his reputation against the hostility generated by
his reforming methods and his conflict with King Henry IV. Also
included is a translation of Book to
a Friend, written by Bishop Bonizo of Sutri soon after the death
of Gregory VII, as well as an extract from the violently anti-Gregorian
polemic of Bishop Benzo of Alba (1085) and the short biography of Leo
IX composed in the papal curia in the 1090s by Bishop Bruno of
Segni. These fascinating narrative sources bear witness to the
startling impact of the papal reform and of the 'Investiture Contest',
the conflict of empire and papacy that was one of its consequences. An
essential collection of translated texts for students of medieval
history.
Contents: The Life of Pope Leo IX;
The Book of Bishop
Bonzio of Sutri which is entitled To a Friend; Paul of Bernreid,
Life of Pope Gregory VII;
Appendix I: Benzo of Alba, To
Emperor Henry IV, Book VII.1-2; Appendix II: Bruno of Segni, Sermon concerning Simoniacs,
chapters 1-9.
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