The Medieval Papacy
            
                European History in Perspective
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2013
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9780230272835
Description: This concise introduction offers an up-to-date survey of papal history from the 1st century through to the 16th. It explores the basis of the papacy's claim to authority over all Christians, and the unique role that the Roman Church and its papal leadership played in the historical development of medieval Europe.