During the Middle Ages, the popes of Rome claimed both spiritual authority and worldly powers, vying with emperors for supremacy, ruling over the Papal States,

The medieval papacy is treated as a historical phenomenon developing and changing in response to changing historical circumstances.

This classic text outlines the development of the Papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge, insight and sophistication, Walter Ullma

A Companion to the Medieval Papacy brings together an international group of experts on various aspects of the medieval papacy. Each chapter provides an up-to-d

The first full study of the most remarkable history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome, the Liber pontificalis.