Medley tells the story of the medieval Church across three centuries: the beginnings of reform, Gregory VII’s struggle with the emperors over lay investiture and how the quarrel ended, the life of the secular clergy, canons and monks, the crusades, and the papacy’s contest with the Hohenstaufen down to the eve of Boniface VIII’s fall.
A clear, compact survey of the investiture age, complete in itself within the Church Universal series. Download the free EPUB.