Medieval Papacy

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Bibliographies

Leonard E. Boyle, A Survey of the Vatican Archives and of its Medieval Holdings. Subsidia mediaevalla, I. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1972. Hbk. ISBN: 0888443501. pp.250.

Primary Sources

Empire & Papacy (Medieval Sourcebook)

Secondary Sources

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	Peter Herde, "Election and Abdication of the Pope: Practice and Doctrine in the Thirteenth Century," Stephen Kuttner & Kenneth Pennington, eds., Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law. Monumenti luris Canonici, Series C: Subsidia, 7. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1985. ISBN: 8821005704.
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	Sophia Menache, Clement V. Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life & Thought: Fourth Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Pbk. ISBN: 052152198X. pp.367.
	Colin Morris, The Papal Monarchy: The Western Church from 1050-1230. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Hbk. ISBN: 0198269072. pp.690.
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	Thomas F X Noble, "Morbidity and Vitality in the History of the Early Medieval Papacy," Catholic Historical Review 81 (1995): 505-40.
	Patrick Nold, Pope John XXII and His Franciscan Cardinal: Bertrand De La Tour and the Apostolic Poverty Controversy. Oxford Historical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2003. Hbk. ISBN: 0199268754. pp.280.
	Daniel William O'Connor, Peter in Rome. New York: Columbia University Press, 1986. Hbk. ISBN: 0231029667. pp. xiv + 242.
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	Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani, The Pope's Body, David S. Peterson, translator. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0226034372. pp.408.
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	Kenneth Pennington, Pope and Bishops: The Papal Monarchy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1978. Hbk. ISBN: 0812279182. pp.336.
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	Walter H. Principe, "The School Theologians' Views of the Papacy, 1150-1250," Christopher Ryan, ed., The Religious Roles of the Papacy: Ideals and Realities 1150-1300. Papers in Mediaeval Studies 8. Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 1989. Pbk. ISBN: 0888448082. pp.476.
	Peter Stanford, The Legend of Pope Joan. Berkley Publishing Group, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 042517347X. pp.224.
	Jeffreys H. Richards, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages: 476-752. London: Routledge, 1979. Hbk. ISBN: 0710000987. pp.432.
	I. S. Robinson, The Papacy, 1073-1198 : Continuity and Innovation (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks). Cambridge University Press, 1990. Pbk. ISBN: 0521319226. pp.555.
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	Bernhard Schimmelpfennig, The Papacy. James Sievert, translator. Columbia University Press, 1992. Pbk. ISBN: 0231075154. pp.288.
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	Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Vol. 1. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 114. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. Hbk. ISBN: 0871691140.
	Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Vol. 2. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. Hbk. ISBN: 0871691272.
	Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Vol. 3. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 161. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1976. Hbk. ISBN: 0871691612.
	Kenneth Meyer Setton, The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571, Vol. 4. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, Vol. 162. Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1984. Hbk. ISBN: 0871691620.
	James Shotwell & Louise R. Loomis, The See of Peter. Records of Civilisation. Sources and Studies. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991. Pbk. ISBN: 0231096356. pp.737.
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	Michael Stoller, "The Emergence of the Term Antipapa in Medieval Usage," Archivum Historiae Pontificiae 23 (1985): 43-61.
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	Brian Tierney, Origins of Papal Infallibility. A Study on the Concepts of Infallibility, Sovereignty and Tradition in the Middle Ages. Studies in the History of Christian Thought, Vol. 6. Leiden: E J Brill, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 9004088849. pp.327.
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	Walter Ullmann, "The Papacy as an Institution of Government in the Middle Ages," G.J.Cuming,ed., Studies in Church History, Vol.2. Papers read at the second winter and summer meetings of the Ecclesiastical History Society. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd., 1965. Hbk. pp.78-101.
	Walter Ullmann, Medieval Papalism. The Political Theories of the Medieval Canonists: The Political Theories of the Medieval Canonists. Maitland Memorial Lectures, 1948. Gibson Press, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 0883559463.
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	Walter Ullmann, A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages. London: Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd., 2002. Pbk. ISBN: 0415302277. pp.416.
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	Daniel Walter, The Papal State in the 13th Century. London: 1961.
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