Communicating Papal Authority in the Middle Ages (Paperback, 1)

Introduction / 1. Authority at a Distance: Popes, their Media, and their Presence Felt in the Frankish Kingdom / 2. Imitatio Christi in Papal Synodal Sermons, 1095?1274 / 3. John XXII as a Wavering Preacher: The Pope’s Sermons and the Norms of Preaching in the Beatific Vision Controversy / 4. Franciscan Identity and Iconography in the Assisi Tapestry commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV / 5. Crisis and Antagonism: Contending Popes as a Challenge to Papal Authority / 6. Papal Communication and the Fifth Crusade, 1217?1221 / 7. ‘Having one little wolf at the papal court is not enough’: The Limits of Papal Authority in Milanese Affairs in the Mid-Fifteenth Century / 8. Why did a Viking King meet a Pope? Cnut’s Imperial Politics, Scandinavian Commercial Networks, and the Journey to Rome in 1027 / 9. Papal Contact with the Mongols: Means of Communication in the Thirteenth Century / 10. Dei et ecclesiae inimicus: A Correspondence between Pope Gregory IX and John III Batatzes / 11. Medieval Heretics in the East: A Heresiological Label for Bosnian Bogomils/Patarenes in the Thirteenth Century / 12. The Papacy and Crusading in the Far North? A Forgotten Religious Frontier of Medieval Latin Christendom