ABSTRACT

This volume deals with the problem of State and Church in the Middle Ages from a new angle. It not only shows how and why the medieval popes pursued a policy of world domination, but also discloses the ideas by which the papal monarchs were primarily influenced.

chapter Chapter I|37 pages

Canonists and Canonistic Scholarship

chapter Chapter II|12 pages

The Canonists and Natural Law

chapter Chapter III|26 pages

The Pope and Natural Law

chapter Chapter IV|38 pages

Papal Plenitude of Power: The Idea

chapter Chapter V|24 pages

World Monarchy

chapter Chapter VI|61 pages

Pope and Emperor