The Medieval Papacy by Geoffrey Barraclough

His interest (and involvement!) in German affairs led to his influential book, 'The Origins of Modern Germany' in 1946. During the last stages of the war he was at the Air Ministry in London. During the Second World War, he worked at the top-secret Enigma code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park, and later, as a Squadron Leader in the RAF, served in the Mediterranean and France. Also, as editor of 'Studies in Medieval History', he specifically sought to make German scholarship available in translation to English historians. In 1934, he returned to Oxford as a Fellow of Merton College and two years later moved to St John's College, Cambridge, where he wrote a substantial work, 'Medieval Germany' (2 vols., 1938). After gaining a first in 1929, he worked in Munich and then in Rome where he undertook research into the history of the papacy. they were not essential to me.' In 1926, he entered Oriel College, Oxford, on a scholarship and began his lifelong interest in medieval history. However, after a few months, he discovered that 'Whatever essential oils may have been.

[GEOFFREY BARRACLOUGH (1908–1984) was born in Bradford, Yorkshire and after leaving school at seventeen joined the family firm, selling essential oils to the European market. THE PAPAL MONARCHY : The crisis of the medieval papacy The Babylonish captivity The great schism īibliographical Notes List of Illustrations Index. THE AGE OF REFORM : The beginning of the reform movement Gregory VII and the investiture contest The growth of papal government The popes of the twelfth century THE RISE OF THE MEDIEVAL PAPACY : The papacy and the Franks The western peoples and Rome Empire and papacy BEGINNINGS : The bishop of Rome The papacy in the Roman empire The emancipation of the papacy 24 colour illustrations 76 b&w illustrations including frontispiece bibliography index.Ĭontains: Contents Foreword

A volume in the publisher's series: 'Library of European Civilization', General Editor: Geoffrey Barraclough.

The Medieval Papacy by Geoffrey Barraclough