The Latin Church in Norman Italy

by G.A. Loud

Book Overview

First published in 2007, this was the first significant study of the incorporation of the Church in southern Italy into the mainstream of Latin Christianity during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Professor G. A. Loud examines the relationship between Norman rulers, south Italian churchmen and the external influence of the new 'papal monarchy'. He discusses the impact of the creation of the new kingdom of Sicily in 1130; the tensions that arose...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521181488
• ISBN13: 9780521181488
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"