The Epistolae Vagantes of Pope Gregory VII [Hardcover]

This book is a masterpiece of scholarship. It is written with passion for Gregory VII but also with a passion for truth. Anyone with a serious interest in Gregory VII will need to read it. It will be argued with by many, but admired by all. --Henry Mayr-Harting, Christ Church, Oxford EHR

This is 'great-man history' at its finest. Like the man hiself,Pope Gregory VIIis a learned, fascinating, frustrating, and overwhelming book that will set both the standard and point of departure for all future debate. Cowdrey, indeed, has put us all in his debt. --Kathleen G. Cushing,ChurchHistory