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History of Rome and the Popes in the Middle Ages, Volume 3

by Hartmann Grisar

Chapter 1 of 61 Chapter 2, part 1

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Running time
13 h 10 min
Language
English
Read by
Ann Boulais

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About this recording

This present work may be described as history of the medieval Popes, with the history of the city of Rome, and its civilization, as a background, the author's desire being so to combine the two stories as to produce a true picture of what Rome was in the middle ages.

Volume 3 continues with a discussion of Western Monasticism, especially with the foundation of the Benedictines and the Rule of St Benedict; the pontificates of Popes Vigilius, Pelagius I, John III, Benedict I, and Pelagius II; and the changes and decline happening in Rome after the war with the Goths and the Lombard invasion.