TY - BOOK AU - Medley,D.J. TI - The Church and the Empire: Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 1003 to A.D. 1304 AV - BR PY - 2005/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Church history -- Middle Ages, 600-1500 N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_clash_between_the_Church_and_the_Empire; Release date is 2005-01-01; Produced by David King, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Church and the Empire" by D. J. Medley is a historical work examining the centuries-long power struggle between the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. Beginning with Constantine's conversion to Christianity, the work traces how popes and emperors clashed over control of papal elections, bishop appointments, and ultimate authority. From the Investiture Dispute and Henry IV's penance at Canossa to the conflicts with Frederick Barbarossa, Medley chronicles the escalating confrontations that shaped medieval European politics and the enduring question of spiritual versus temporal power. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7343 ER -