The Republic of St. Peter : The Birth of the Papal State, 68-825.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One: Pax Italiae -- The Transformation of Byzantine Italy -- The Place of the Roman Church -- The Sixth Ecumenical Council -- Two: St. Peter's Peculiar People -- Peace Betrayed: Byzantines -- Peace Betrayed: Lombards -- Twin Challenges: Iconoclasm and Lombards -- New Lombard Threats and Shifting Papal Diplomacy -- The Birth of a Papal Republic -- Three: St. Peter's Strong Right Arm -- Boniface, the Popes, and the Franks -- Politics in Francia: A New Dynasty -- The Italian Crisis and the Franco-Papal Alliance -- Sanctae Dei Ecclesiae Reipublicae Romanorum -- Unanswered Questions -- Four: Our Beloved Son Desiderius ... That Foul and Pestiferous Lombard -- New Rulers, New Opportunities, Old Antagonisms -- A Crisis Inside the Republic -- Hadrian and His Republic in 774 -- Five: Multis Documentis: Hadrian, Charlemagne, and the Republic of St. Peter -- A Time of Uncertainty -- Problems with the Sources -- The Territorial Settlements of 781 -- The Territorial Settlements of 787-88 -- The Frontiers of the Republic -- Six: The Governors of the Republic -- Papal Profiles -- Papal Elections and Republican Politics -- Reflections on the Papal Office -- The Papacy Within the Republic -- Seven: The Governance of the Republic -- Sancta Romana Ecclesia and the Lateran Administration -- Secular Administration -- Administration Outside Rome -- The Papal Government -- Eight: Amicitia, Pax et Caritas: The Franco-Papal Alliance -- A Historiographical Orientation -- The Amicitia Alliance -- The Terms of the Alliance -- The Duration of the Alliance -- The Place of the Alliance in the History of the Republic -- Nine: The Republic and the Franks -- The Franks in the Republic Before 800 -- The Imperial Coronation of Charlemagne -- The Republic and Louis the Pious: The Ludovicianum.

The Republic and Louis the Pious: The Constitutio Romana -- Friendship, Protection, Administration -- Symbol and Reality in the Lateran Mosaics -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z.

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