The Jewish wife, and other short plays
By: by Bertolt Brecht ; English versions by Eric Bentley
Series: His Works; An Evergreen black cat book ; BC-80
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1977
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Description: Brings to the contemporary reader the major documents of the prolonged debate, revealing the ideas behind the conflict and relating them to the practical politics of the medieval world. Among the items recorded here are Henry IV's defiance of the papacy over the issue of lay investiture, the rise of the papacy to political power under "lawyer-pope" Innocent III, and Philip IV's humiliation of Boniface VIII. The author interprets these disputes and provides a clear narrative of church-state relations in the Middle Ages, explaining the issues that loomed so large before the men of the time.
Table of contents: title: The Jewish wife.; title: In search of justice.; title: The informer.; title: The elephant calf.; title: The measures taken.; title: The exception and the rule.; title: Appendix: Salzberg dance of death.; title: Bibliographical notes (p. 159-160); title: Appendix: What was he killed for?