Edward Story, bishop of Chichester 1478-1503, was a scholar who found himself, as bishop, embroilled in the events of both Church and State. His register, edited here, was intended to record the work
Catherine of Aragon (r.1509-33) and her sister-in-law Margaret Tudor (r.1503-13) presided as queens over the glittering sixteenth-century courts of England and Scotland, alongside their husbands Henry
Gregor Reisch's The Philosophical pearl (Margarita Philosophica), first published in 1503 and republished 11 times in the sixteenth century, was the first extensive printed text which discussed the di
This book provides the first comprehensive analysis of the career of Fryderyk Jagiellon (1468a€“1503) arguably the most powerful churchman in medieval or early modern Central Europe. Royal prince, bis
The Apostolic Penitentiary was and remains the highest office in the Catholic Church concerned with sin and matters of conscience. The papacy reserved to itself absolution from certain grave sins, and
The Apostolic Penitentiary was and remains the highest office in the Catholic Church concerned with sin and matters of conscience. The papacy reserved to itself absolution from certain grave sins, and
First edition of supplications concerning England and Wales from the Apostolic Penitentiary - an essential resource for any historian of the pre-Reformation Church.