The Papacy, Scotland and Northern England, 1342 1378

by Andrew D.M. Barrell and A.D.M. Barrell

Book Overview

The lengthy period of the Avignon papacy in the fourteenth century created circumstances in which the burgeoning bureaucracy of the papal curia could flourish. Papal involvement in the everyday business of the church at local level reached its fullest extent in the years before the Great Schism. This book examines the impact of that involvement in Scotland and northern England, and analyses the practical effect of theories of papal sovereignty at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052189395X
• ISBN13: 9780521893954
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.6"