Bonds of Wool: The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Ages

by Steven A. Schoenig

Book Overview

In the pallium the medieval papacy created a mechanism of control over the far-flung bishops of the Latin church, a prerogative by which the popes shared honor and power with local prelates?and simultaneously wielded power over them. Contributing to the sway and oversight of the Roman church, this vestment became part of the machinery of centralization that helped produce the high medieval papal monarchy. The pallium was effective because it was a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813233704
• ISBN13: 9780813233703
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"