Giles of Rome's on Ecclesiastical Power: A Medieval Theory of World Government

by Giles of Rome and R.W. Dyson

Giles of Rome was the archbishop of Bourges and a loyal champion of Pope Boniface VIII during the Franco-papal crisis of 1296-1303. On Ecclesiastical Power was written at the height of the conflict between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France and represents the earliest fully articulated and philosophically developed defense of the "hierocratic" ideology of the medieval papacy. Giles's theory that all government must be legitimized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231128037
• ISBN13: 9780231128032
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"