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Church and State: Politics and Religion in the Middle Ages

The Pillars: Jerusalem, Athens, and the Western Mind

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Investiture conflict and papal excommunication of emperors

Mitchell Rocklin recounts Henry IV's excommunication and its precedent for papal authority over rulers' behavior.

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