The Investiture Controversy

The Investiture Controversy
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 214
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ISBN-10 : 9780812200164
ISBN-13 : 0812200160
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Book Synopsis The Investiture Controversy by : Uta-Renate Blumenthal

Download or read book The Investiture Controversy written by Uta-Renate Blumenthal and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be divorced from reality, especially not in the Middle Ages. I present them, therefore, in their contemporary political, social, and cultural context."—from the Preface


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