Description: "Rather than the exclusive focus on discourses about the eleventh-century medieval Church's religious reform, this book's study of economic practices, religious traditions, and the natural environment in tandem sheds light on another side of religious reform"--
Review Quotes:
This is a must-read book not only for those who deal with ecclesiastical reform but also for all those who study Italy during the eleventh and twelfth centuries because thanks to the author's approach, the book manages to integrate the topic of reform with a wide range of issues--from economic workings to transformations of local power and temporary forms of land management.
-- "American Historical Review"