Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked a significant watershed in the history of the Western Church and society. This book provides a long overdue reassessment of his papacy and his achievements, bringing together thirteen essays which review existing scholarship and present the latest research and new perspectives. Individual chapters cover topics such as Alexander's many contributions to the law of the Church, which had a major impact upon Western society, notably on marriage, his relations with Byzantium, and the extension of papal authority at the peripheries of the West, in Spain, Northern Europe and the Holy Land. But dominant are the major clashes between secular and spiritual authority: the confrontation between Henry II of England and Thomas Becket after which Alexander eventually secured the king's co-operation and the pope's eighteen-year conflict with the German emperor, Frederick I. Both the papacy and the Western Church emerged as stronger institutions from this struggle, largely owing to Alexander's leadership and resilience: he truly mastered the art of survival.

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Publisher

Routledge

Year

2016

ISBN

9781317078364

Edition

Topic

Theology & Religion

Subtopic

History of Religion

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Abbreviations
Figure and Map
Introduction
1 Alexander ille meus: The Papacy of Alexander III
2 ‘At last we reached the port of salvation’: The Roman Context of the Schism of 1159
3 The Empire and the Schism*
4 ‘A city to be built for the glory of God, St Peter, and the whole of Lombardy’: Alexander III, Alessandria and the Lombard League in Contemporary Sources
5 The Absentee Lord? Alexander III and the Patrimony
6 Alexander III and France: Exile, Diplomacy and the New Order
7 Alexander III and Spain
8 The Curious Case of Becket’s Pallium: Guernes de Pont-Ste-Maxence and the Court of Alexander III
9 Beyond Becket: King Henry II and the Papacy (1154–1189)
10 Alexander III and Byzantium
11 Alexander III and Venice
12 Alexander III and the Crusades
13 Master of the Decretals : A Reassessment of Alexander III’s Contribution to Canon Law
Index