The Cambridge History of the Papacy: Volume 2, the Governance of the Church

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This volume engages with the centrality of the popes within the Catholic Church and the claim of papal authority as it was exercised through the institution's various governing instruments. Addressing the history of the papacy in the longue durée, it highlights developments and the differences between the first and second millennium of the papacy. The chapters bring nuance to older historiographical models of papal supremacy, focusing on how apostolic primacy was contested and re-negotiated, and how the contours of power relationships shifted between center and periphery. The volume draws attention to questions about papal supremacy across time, place, and transnational lines; the function of law in the exercise of papal authority; the governance of the church in the form of the Curia, synods, and regional and ecumenical councils; the governance of the Papal States; the management of finances and church-state relations; and the relationship between papal temporal and spiritual authority.

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General Introduction, The Editors; Part I. The Pope within the Church: 1. Vicar of Christ (c.1050-c.1300) Jessalynn Bird; 2. The pope, the archdeacon and the clergy: a competition John Moorhead; 3. From papal absolutism to Vatican II Christian Sorrel; 4. Vatican II and its legacy Gilles Routhier; 5. Rekindling collegiality: the synod of bishops since Vatican II local agency in the pre-reformation Church Robert Swanson; 2. The college of cardinals Miles Pattenden; 3. The secretariat of state Roberto Regoli; 4. The papal penitentiary Peter Clarke; 5. 'Whoever is sent from another': Legates as instruments of papal government Kriston Rennie; 6. Inquisition, holy office, and the congregation for the doctrine of the faith Vincenzo Lavenia; 7. Nepotism and Roman micro-policy Wolfgang Reinhard; Part III. Canon Law: 1. The medieval papacy and canon law Kenneth Pennington; 2. Canon law in the early middle ages Greta Austin; 3. Gratian's Decretum: the transmission and fluidity of legal knowledge in the twelfth century Melodie H. Eichbauer; 4. Papal decretals Anne J. Duggan; 5. Papal law in the English church: post-reformation Anglican jurisprudence Norman Doe; 6. The codes of canon law (1917; 1983; 1990) John Beal; 7. The pope in the two Latin codes (1917 and 1983) - current status and discussion of possible developments Peter Platen; Part IV. Finance: 1. Papal finances in the middle ages Benedict Wiedemann; 2. Papal finances in the early modern period Francesco Guidi-Bruscoli; Part V. Papal states: 1. Popes and the papal state to 1305 Thomas F. X. Noble; 2. Papal warfare in the fourteenth century Christophe Masson; 3. The Borgias Catherine Fletcher; 4. Popes and the papal states (1500-1800) Irene Fosi; 5. The popes and the government of the papal states, 1800-1870 Christoper Korten; Bibliography.