Church, Kingship, and Lay Investiture in England, 1089-1135

by Norman F. Cantor

Book Overview

In the latter part of the eleventh century a revolutionary group within the Western Church, centered in the papacy, attempted to overthrow the early medieval system of church-state relations by which the church in each country was under control of the kings and other secular rulers. Here is a comprehensive history of these controversies during the crucial period from the death of Archbishop Lanfranc in 1089 to the end of the reign of Henry I in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069162657X
• ISBN13: 9780691626574
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"