The Papacy and the Establishment of the Kingdoms of Jerusalem, Sicily and Portugal

Twelfth-Century Papal Political Thought on Incipient Kingship

Bibliographic Data

ID10083048
AuthorsSimon John (0000-0003-0728-0175, Swansea University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume68
Issue2
Pages223-259
Publication date2017-02-09
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022046916000622
OpenAlexW2586440916
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited18

This article examines the political thought of the twelfth-century papacy, considering how popes of this era responded to the establishment of the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Sicily and Portugal. It compares the intellectual strategies used by popes to justify why these three polities were kingdoms rather than any other type of political unit. It is suggested that, to make their cases, popes advanced a range of arguments, many of which echoed the political ideas of Gregory VII. The article concludes by linking its findings to the wider question of how the twelfth-century papacy responded to the expansion of Latin Christendom

Ancient history · Kingdom · Monarchy · Political science · Politics · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Medieval History and Crusades

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