The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals) : 476-752 (Paperback)

Acknowledgments;  Introduction;  Part I: The Context  1. The Ideological Context  2. The Political and Religious Context  3. The Social and Economic Context;  Part II: The Papacy under the Ostrogoths  4. The Acacian Schism  5. The Symmachan Schism (i) the events  6. The Symmachan Schism (ii) issues and participants  7. The Rapprochement with the East  8. The Gothic Reaction;  Part III: The Papacy under the Empire  9. The ‘Three Chapters’ Controversy  10. The Lombardic Crisis  11. The Monothelete Crisis  12. The Papal Revival  13. The Final Crisis;  Part IV: The Popes  14. Class Origins  15. Age and Experience  16. Geographical Origins and Cultural Attainments;  Part V: The Papal Administration  17. The Central Administration  18. The Patrimonial Administration  19. The Papacy and the Episcopate  20. Gregory the Great and the Episcopate;  Afterword;  Appendix 1: The Popes;  Appendix 2: Papal Vacancies;  Appendix 3: Papal Ordinations;  Abbreviations;  Notes;  Bibliography;  Index