Reform and the papacy in the eleventh century

Spirituality and social change

By: Kathleen G. Cushing

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This book explores the relationship between the papacy and reform against the backdrop of social and religious change in later tenth and eleventh-century Europe. Placing this relationship in the context of the debate about 'transformation', it reverses the recent trend among historians to emphasise the reform developments in the localities at the expense of those being undertaken in Rome.

It focuses on how the papacy took an increasingly active part in shaping the direction of both its own reform and that of society, whose reform became an essential part of realising its objective of a free and independent Church. It also addresses the role of the Latin Church in western Europe around the year 1000, the historiography of reform, the significance of the 'Peace of God' as a reformist movement, the development of the papacy in the eleventh century, the changing attitudes towards simony, clerical marriage and lay investiture, reformist rhetoric aimed at the clergy, and how reformist writings sought to change the behaviour and expectations of the aristocracy.

Summarising current literature while presenting a cogent and nuanced argument about the complex nature and development of reform, this book will be invaluable for an undergraduate and specialist audience alike.

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"Cushing has written a useful, helpful and timely study."--Sarah M. Hamilton, University of Exeter

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of Abbreviations	p. xi
Chronological List of Popes - Tenth and Eleventh Centuries	p. xii
Table of Dates	p. xiv
Introduction	p. 1
Western Europe and the Latin Church around the year 1000	p. 7
Doctrine and belief	p. 7
Localization of power	p. 9
The organization of the Church	p. 12
Rome and the papacy	p. 17
Economic, intellectual and social change	p. 24
Conclusion	p. 26
Understanding reform in the eleventh century	p. 29
The 'peace of God'	p. 39
'Reforming' the papacy	p. 55
The changing nature of papal authority	p. 55
The transformation of the papacy	p. 65
Papal government	p. 81
Conclusion	p. 86
Reform in practice	p. 91
Material renewal	p. 91
Simony and clerical chastity	p. 95
Implementing reform	p. 100
Lay investiture	p. 105
Conclusion	p. 107
The rhetoric of reform	p. 111
Purity and pollution	p. 111
The rhetoric against simony	p. 117
The rhetoric against clerical marriage	p. 120
The 'pollution complex'	p. 125
The problem of lay investiture	p. 128
Blurring the lines	p. 130
Hierarchy and social control	p. 139
Conclusion	p. 160
Select Bibliography	p. 162
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