num_pages: 393
description: This text outlines the development of the papacy as an institution in the Middle Ages. With profound knowledge, insight and sophistication, Walter Ullmann traces the course of papal history from the late Roman Empire to its eventual decline in the Renaissance. The focus lies on the institution of the papacy rather than on the lives of individual popes.
language: English
title: A Short History of the Papacy in the Middle Ages
publisher: HarperCollins