The Church in western Europe from the tenth to the early twelfth century /

Tellenbach, Gerd, 1903-1999.

The Church in western Europe from the tenth to the early twelfth century / Gerd Tellenbach ; translated by Timothy Reuter. - Cambridge [England] ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 1993. - xix, 403 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm. - Cambridge medieval textbooks .

Translation of: Die westliche Kirche vom 10. bis zum fruhen 12. Jahrhundert.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-378) and index.

1. Western Christendom and its environment in the tenth and eleventh centuries. The internal and external security of western Christendom. On the nature and significance of Christian mission in Europe in the tenth and eleventh centuries -- 2. The church and its manifestations on earth. The universality of the church. Parish and diocese, church provinces and synods. The significance of kingdoms and principalities for the formation of particular churches. The pope: ideal and reality -- 3. The material existence of the churches and the clergy -- 4. Religious life and thought. The sense of closeness between this world and the next. Monasticism: a life determined by the next world and its influence on this one. Christian 'estates' -- 5. The beginnings of the revolution in church history. The prehistory. The popes and the emancipation of the Roman church following the synods of Sutri and Rome (1046). 'Church reform' -- 6. Gregory VII (1073-1085). The growth of papal activity from Leo IX to Alexander II. Gregory VII and the bishops. Gregory VII and the rulers outside the empire. Gregory VII and Henry IV -- 7. Continuing conflicts between established principles. The schism and its consequences. The investiture contest. The struggle against property in churches and monasteries -- 8. Pope, church, and Christendom. The papal primacy in spiritual matters. The means and instruments of power at the papacy's disposal. Ecclesia and Christianitas.

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