Episcopal Power and Ecclesiastical Reform in the German Empire
John (Pomona College, California) Eldevik
Cambridge University Press, 2012
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This book explores a key economic institution, the medieval tithe, as a social and political phenomenon in eleventh-century Germany and Italy. It views episcopal churches and their possessions as social networks, revealing how bishops used the ecclesiastical tithe to manage ties of loyalty and dependence within their dioceses.
- ISBN-13
- 9780521193467
- ISBN-10
- 052119346X
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 2012
- Publication date
- 2012-08-06
- Pages
- 332
- Dimensions
- 234x162x23
- Weight
- 590