Description: The Catholic Church and European State Formation, AD 1000-1500 inserts the Catholic Church as the main engine of the persistent international and domestic power pluralism, which has moulded European state-formation for almost a millennium.
Review Quotes: "Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty." -- Choice
"This is an interesting and original book authored by two political scientists. Its terminology and modes of argumentation are not those familiar to historians but the work's basic thesis is at least plausible and perhaps even persuasive." -- Thomas F.X. Noble, Journal of Ecclesiastical History "This is a pioneering, profoundly innovative, and meticulously documented account." -- Anna Grzymala-Busse, Journal of Church and State