Description: As Cardinal Hugo and as pope, Gregory was one of the dominant figures in the history of the papacy of the High Middle Ages. The current volume brings together a team of international scholars, each of them expert in dealing with a particular aspect of the pontificate and provides a lasting scholarly value on a central figure of the medieval papacy.
Brief description: Damian J. Smith is Professor of Medieval History in the Department of History at Saint Louis University, USA. He is the author/editor/translator of numerous books and articles concerning the Medieval Iberian Peninsula, the Mediterranean, and the Church. He is currently writing a history of the reign of James I of Aragon (1213-1276).