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15 février 2024
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.195934
- isbn: 978-2-7535-9440-1
- eisbn: 978-2-7535-9760-0
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Adam Zapała, « Papal graces as a royal tool of internal politics », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.195934
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Centralisation of the church during the middle ages established the papacy as a significant factor influencing numerous aspects of European life. The growing authority of the Holy See was often treated as a threat by secular powers and generated conflicts between popes and emperors or kings. However, in some situations papal graces could also be useful tools in the hands of rulers, to strengthen their position, especially in countries which suffered from weak royal power. Late medieval Polan...