{"product_id":"the-investiture-controversy-church-and-monarchy-from-the-ninth-to-the-twelfth-century-paperback-softback-9780812213867","title":"The Investiture Controversy; Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812213867","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Investiture Controversy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChurch and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUta-Renate Blumenthal (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812213867\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 April 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.328 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Synthesis of a high order. . . . A praisworthy accomplishment.\"-\u003ci\u003eHistory, Reviews of New Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The best introduction in English to the historiography, history, and central interpretive problems of the investiture controversy.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe Catholic Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Blumenthal . . . not only clarifies the course of the investiture controversy as such but also sets it satisfyingly in its wider and longer context.\"-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book describes the roots of a set of ideals that effected a radical transformation of eleventh-century European society that led to the confrontation between church and monarchy known as the investiture struggle or Gregorian reform. Ideas cannot be divorced from reality, especially not in the Middle Ages. I present them, therefore, in their contemporary political, social, and cultural context.\"-from the Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52653253394712,"sku":"9780812213867","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-investiture-controversy-church-and-monarchy-from-the-ninth-to-the-twelfth-century-paperback-softback-9780812213867","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}