The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century

Linehan, Peter. The Spanish Church and the Papacy in the Thirteenth Century. Cambridge: University Press, 1971. First edition. Octavo. xvii,[1],389pp. Black cloth with gold lettering and printer’s device on spine in original dust jacket. Study examining the internal condition of the Spanish Church in the thirteenth century, its relation with the Christian kings, the reaction and resistance of the Church to the reforming decrees of the 1215 Fourth Lateran Council and the attempts made by the Papacy to take control of the Church from the Crown. Minor staining on dj. Tight copy with dust jacket in very good, binding in near fine, interior in fine condition. Third Series, Volume 4 of the series “Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life & Thought.” vg. Hardcover. (28569) $50