Companion to the Medieval Papacy

Keith Sisson, Ph.D. (2008), University of Memphis, is director of the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program in University College at the University of Memphis. His monograph, Papal Hierocratic Theory in the High Middle Ages: From Roman Primacy to Universal Papal Monarchy (2009), examines the development of the hierocratic theory of government in the High Middle Ages, paying particular attention to the presentation of the theory during the Franco-papal conflict, 1296-1303. His primary areas of research are church and state relationships, political theory and practice, ecclesiology, cultural and intellectual history, and Scholasticism.Atria A. Larson, Ph.D. (2010), Catholic University of America, is Visiting Scholar in the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University. She has published translations from Latin and German, editions of Latin texts, and articles in the field of medieval intellectual and legal history. Her monograph, Master of Penance: Gratian and the Development of Penitential Thought and Law in the Twelfth Century, won a 2015 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise.

• List of ContributorsList of Illustrations and TablesAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionAtria A. Larson1Narratives of Papal HistoryThomas F.X. NoblePart I: Popes and Princes, Polemic and Propaganda2Pro-Papacy Polemic and the Purity of the Church: The Gregorian ReformJehangir Malegam3Popes as Princes? The Papal States (1000-1300)Sandro Carocci4Papal Imagery and Propaganda: Art, Architecture, and LiturgyFrancesca Pomarici5Popes over Princes: Hierocratic TheoryKeith SissonPart II: Law and Judgement6Popes and Canon LawAtria A. Larson7Papal DecretalsAtria A. Larson and Keith Sisson8Papal Councils in the High Middle AgesDanica SummerlinPart III: Administration Abroad and at Home9The Omnipresent Pope: Legates and Judges DelegateHarald Müller10The Curia: CameraStefan Weiß11The Curia: ChanceryAndreas Meyer12The Curia: The Apostolic PenitentiaryKirsi Salonen13The Curia: The Sacra Romana RotaKirsi SalonenPart IV: Beyond the Latin Church14Relations with ConstantinopleAndrew Louth15The Medieval Papacy, Crusading, and Heresy, 1095-1291Rebecca Rist16Missionary ActivityFelicitas SchmiederAppendix: Chronology of Key PontificatesKeith SissonSelect BibliographyGeneral Index Index of Legal CitationsIndex of Papal LettersIndex of Important Texts

“A Companion to the Medieval Papacy is rare and welcome in that it offers a book accessible to readers at an entry level yet also contains serious scholarly essays, in English, with a good bibliography where readers can continue their investigations in multiple areas and at multiple levels. […] it is worth remarking on the fact that this is a splendidly produced volume, which includes a series of good reproductions of medieval images, works of art etc., in both black-and-white and colour.”Robert Sommerville, Columbia University. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 69, No. 2 (April 2018), p. 385.