The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages (Routledge Revivals)

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: The Context 1. The Ideological Context 2. The Political and Religious Context 3. The Social and Economic Context; Part II: The Papacy under the Ostrogoths 4. The Acacian Schism 5. The Symmachan Schism (i) the events 6. The Symmachan Schism (ii) issues and participants 7. The Rapprochement with the East 8. The Gothic Reaction; Part III: The Papacy under the Empire 9. The 'Three Chapters' Controversy 10. The Lombardic Crisis 11. The Monothelete Crisis 12. The Papal Revival 13. The Final Crisis; Part IV: The Popes 14. Class Origins 15. Age and Experience 16. Geographical Origins and Cultural Attainments; Part V: The Papal Administration 17. The Central Administration 18. The Patrimonial Administration 19. The Papacy and the Episcopate 20. Gregory the Great and the Episcopate; Afterword; Appendix 1: The Popes; Appendix 2: Papal Vacancies; Appendix 3: Papal Ordinations; Abbreviations; Notes; Bibliography; Index