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A study of the medieval imperial abbey of Farfa, which played a key role in the period of ecclesiastical reform, beginning in the mid-11th century. The author depicts the competition between the empire and the papacy, and charts Farfa's losing struggle to maintain Benedictine standards and its independence from an expansive papacy. The main sources used are the Register and Chronicle, compiled by Gregory of Catino, a partisan monk.

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'.. .Stroll's work is worth the attention of scholars interested in the struggle between the papacy and empire in the 11th and 12th centuries and in the history of central Italian and Roman politics.'<br>Rich Ring, The Medieval Review, 1999.<br>'.. .a serious scholarly study about Farfa's history...a thought-provoking addition to the literature.'<br>John W. Bernhardt, Speculum, 2001.<br>

. ..Stroll's work is worth the attention of scholars interested in the struggle between the papacy and empire in the 11th and 12th centuries and in the history of central Italian and Roman politics. Rich Ring, The Medieval Review , 1999. . ..a serious scholarly study about Farfa's history...a thought-provoking addition to the literature. John W. Bernhardt, Speculum , 2001.

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Mary E. Stroll, Ph.D. (1975), Department of History, University of California, San Diego. Among her publications are The Jewish Pope, (Brill, 1987) and Symbols as Power, (Brill, 1991).

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