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Index
Cover page
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Acknowledgements
Contents
Introduction
Monarch and Servant
Donation of Constantine
The Book: Chapter by Chapter
1. Investiture: Papal Investiture of Secular Rulers Prior to and during the Investiture Contest
Before ‘Reform’: Poland and Hungary
Aragon
Siculo-Normans
Rus’, Croatia-Dalmatia, Melgueil, Barcelona, and Cerdanya
The Investiture Contest and the Concordat of Worms
England, Zeta, Brittany, Spain, Besalú, Provence, Denmark
Hungary
The Spread of Ideas
Conclusion
2. Homage: Popes and Homage in the Twelfth Century
Conclusion
3. Protection: Papal Protection of Kings in the Twelfth Century
Becoming Protected
Becoming Exempt?
Succession and Testaments in Aragon: Alfonso I, Ramiro II, Raymond-Berengar IV, and Alfonso II
Conclusion
4. Vassalage: The Birth of Feudal Overlordship in Sicily, England, Man, and Aragon
John’s Surrender of the Kingdoms of England and Ireland
The Spread of Feudal and Vassalic Language
The Means of the Spread of Feudal and Vassalic Language
Conclusion
5. State-Making: The Prince-Bishops of Maguelone and Papal Overlordship in Southern France
The Twelfth Century
Seeking Papal Legitimization
Strengthening the Polity
Conclusion
6. Wardship: Theory and Practice of Papal Protection for Underage Rulers in the Thirteenth Century
Practice: Petitioning for and Using Papal Authority during a Royal Minority
The Theory of Papal Wardship
Justifying Papal Letters during the Minorities of Henry III, James I, and Frederick II
The Theory of Papal Wardship in the Second Half of the Thirteenth Century: Sicily (1252–65), Aragon (1283), and Sardinia (1297)
Conclusion
7. Confiscation: Deposing Vassal-Kings in the Thirteenth Century
Papal Depositions of Kings to 1245
The First Council of Lyon (1245)
Deprivation of Fief after 1245
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
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