Popes, Rulers and their Delegates

In the past decade the focus of the author’s research has been on various aspects of the relations of the Hungarian Kingdom with the Papacy in the thirteenth century. Among other things the following topics have been dealt with: the activities of papal legates sent to the Realm of St Stephen, the operation of papal delegated jurisdiction in the church of Hungary, and the role that certain members of the royal family played in this era.
All but one of the studies presented in this book have already been published. Nevertheless, the papers are updated based on comments received since their original publications. The texts of several studies were altered, new parts were added, certain passages were removed, and the references were completed with recent, or previously missing works. Hopefully, this collection – of somewhat overlapping studies – offers new aspects on the research of the history of the Papacy and the Kingdom of Hungary in the High Middle Ages.