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Mary Stroll.
The Medieval Abbey of Farfa: Target of Papal and Imperial Ambitions.
Leiden: Brill, 1997.
Brill's Studies in Intellectual History, Vol. 74.
ISBN 9004107045.
Hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the Netherlands.
162x243x25mm.
xii,298pp plus 6 pages of plates, 1 in colour, the rest monochrome.
English.
A little wear to the dustjacket, the book itself in good condition.This item £45.00
[Publisher's price €99.00/$148.00]
734g.
Farfa played a key role in the Papal Patrimony and in the competition between the Empire and the Papacy. Contents: From a cell to a monastic giant; Property & competition; Berard I & Nicholas II; Farfa before the trials; The Ottaviani; Arbitration - San Nicola in Carcere; Ottaviani's defense - Donation of Constantine; Completion of the trial; Significance of the trial; Papal electoral decree of 1059; Panvinius on Farfa's version of the decree; The decree in the Chronicon - a forgery?; Cardinal bishops in papal elections; The decree - conclusions; Orthodoxa Defensio Imperialis; Contested election; From imperial to papal patronage; Barbarossa & the twilight of Farfa.
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