Contains selcected papers from two conferences in 2003 at the uNiversity of Bergen (Norway) and at the Central European University (Hungary). They deal with the communication of the Holy See with Northern Europe and East Central Europe in the late Middle Ages, both at the margins of Western Christendom.
Contains selcected papers from two conferences in 2003 at the uNiversity of Bergen (Norway) and at the Central European University (Hungary). They dea...
This volume investigates the registers of fifteenth-century supplications to the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See and presents an analysis of a multiplicity of issues in which a context of the local needs of Western Christians and the central power of the Pope occurred. The contributions make it clear that local and individual factors and the Christian faith and religion in practice must not be seen as separate from the global power of the Roman curia. The latter's influence could become directly important for any individual in any local space, even ... et usque ad ultimum terrae (Acts...
This volume investigates the registers of fifteenth-century supplications to the Apostolic Penitentiary of the Holy See and presents an analysis of a ...
Presenting full texts and photographs from the Apostolic Penitentiary, this book has been produced with the help of access to archival records long-sealed by the Vatican. It provides historians with new insights for interpreting an important structure of medieval life.
Presenting full texts and photographs from the Apostolic Penitentiary, this book has been produced with the help of access to archival records long-se...
