The Empire and the Papacy, 918-1273
Imperial Power, Papal Monarchy, and the Struggle That Shaped Medieval EuropeBy Thomas Tout
Length18h 14m
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In The Empire and the Papacy, 918–1273, Thomas Tout offers a lucid, carefully structured account of the changing relationship between the German Empire and the Roman Church from the Saxon revival of imperial power to the aftermath of the Hohenstaufen age. His narrative follows the Ottonian, Salian, and Staufen rulers, the Investiture Contest, the papal monarchy's institutional expansion, and the dramatic conflicts involving Frederick I and Frederick II. Combining political narrative with constitutional and ecclesiastical analysis, Tout presents medieval history not as a simple struggle between two fixed powers, but as a shifting contest over legitimacy, jurisdiction, reform, and universal authority. The work belongs to the scholarly tradition of institutional and diplomatic history, while retaining the chronological clarity and dramatic force of a sustained historical narrative. Thomas Tout (1855–1929) was a distinguished English medievalist whose research helped establish rigorous, archive-conscious methods in the study of medieval institutions and government. His interest in administrative development, kingship, and the machinery of power informs this book's close attention to papal policy, imperial claims, dynastic politics, and the practical limits imposed by local interests. Writing at a time when historians were reassessing the medieval state, Tout sought to explain how competing universal ideals were translated into political action. This book is especially valuable for readers seeking a dependable introduction to the central constitutional and religious conflicts of medieval Europe. It remains rewarding for students of the papacy, the Holy Roman Empire, church–state relations, and the evolution of European political thought, while offering a durable framework for understanding why imperial and papal unity repeatedly proved so difficult to achieve.
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GenreHistory
Length18 hrs 14 mins
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Publish dateDec 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of the Austrian Empire (Annotated)
2Preface
3Bibliographical Note
4I. Introduction
5II. The Saxon Kings of the Germans, and Revival of the Roman Empire by Otto I. (919–973)
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6III. The German Empire at the Height of Its Power; The Later Saxon and Early Salian Emperors (973–1056)
7IV. France and Its Vassal States Under the Last Carolingians and the Early Capetians, 929–11084
8V. The Cluniac Reformation (910–1073) and Italy in the Eleventh Century5
9VI. The Investiture Contest (1056–1125)
10VII. The Eastern Empire and the Seljukian Turks (912–1095)
11VIII. The Early Crusades and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1095–1187)
12IX. The Monastic Movement and the Twelfth Century Renascence11
13X. Germany and Italy, 1125–1152
14XI. Frederick Barbarossa and Alexander Iii. The Renewed Conflict of Papacy and Empire (1152–1190)
15XII. France, Normandy, and Anjou, and the Beginnings of the Greatness of the Capetian Monarchy (1108–1189)
16XIII. The Third Crusade and the Reign of Henry Vi.24 (1187–1197)
17XIV. Europe in the Days of Innocent Iii. (1198–1216)
18XV. The Byzantine Empire in the Twelfth Century, the Fourth Crusade, and the Latin Empire in the East (1095–1261)
19XVI. Frederick Ii. And the Papacy (1216–1250)
20XVII. France Under Philip Augustus and St. Louis (1180–1270)
21XVIII. The Universities and the Friars
22XIX. The Last Crusades and the East in the Thirteenth Century
23XX. The Growth of Christian Spain42
24XXI. The Fall of the Hohenstaufen and the Great Interregnum [1250–1273]
25Appendix Tables of Sovereigns
26(1) Popes
27(2) Emperors and Kings of the Romans
28(3) Eastern Emperors
29(4) Latin Emperors of the East
30(5) Kings of Jerusalem
31(6) Kings of France
32Sidenotes
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