An examination of the transmission and spread of papal documents in the Latin West between the 4th and 9th centuries. These documents, which were collected from

The pallium was effective because it was a gift with strings attached. This band of white wool encircling the shoulders had been a papal insigne and liturgical

This volume explores papal communication and its reception in the period c.1100–1300; it presents a range of interdisciplinary approaches and original insight

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