England and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages
England and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages
Papal Privileges in European Perspective, c. 680-1073
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A detailed study of the relationship between England and the papacy across its first five centuries, from the times of Bede up to the Norman Conquest. It reassesses that relationship through a detailed study of a hitherto understudied corpus of papal documentary sources. It sets developments in England within a wider comparative European context.