The Latin Church in Norman Italy - Hardcover

Loud, G. A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521255511 ISBN 13: 9780521255516

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

First published in 2007, this was the first significant study of the incorporation of the Church in southern Italy into the mainstream of Latin Christianity during the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Professor G. A. Loud examines the relationship between Norman rulers, south Italian churchmen and the external influence of the new 'papal monarchy'. He discusses the impact of the creation of the new kingdom of Sicily in 1130; the tensions that arose from the papal schism of that era; and the religious policy and patronage of the new monarchs. He also explores the internal structures of the Church, both secular and monastic, and the extent and process of Latinisation within the Graecophone areas of the mainland and on the island of Sicily, where at the time of the Norman conquest the majority of the population was Muslim. This is a major contribution to the political, religious and cultural history of the Central Middle Ages.

About this title

Book Description:

A detailed and sophisticated examination of the relationship between Norman rulers, south Italian churchmen and the external influence of the new 'papal monarchy'. The book also discusses the impact of the creation of the new kingdom of Sicily in 1130 and the tensions that arose from the papal schism.

About the Author:

Graham A. Loud is Professor of Medieval Italian History at the University of Leeds. His previous books include Church and Society in the Norman Principality of Capua, 1058-1197 (1985), The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by 'Hugo Falcandus', 1154-69 (with Thomas Wiedemann; 1998), and The Age of Robert Guiscard: Southern Italy and the Norman Conquest (2000).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521255511
• ISBN 13: 9780521255516
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 590