Medieval Public Relations Battles
Review of The Two Powers: The Papacy, The Empire, and the Struggle for Sovereignty in the Thirteenth Century, by Brett Edward Whalen (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)
… The medieval period was full of confrontations between the dual … documents written to persuade the public, Whalen uncovers a communications battle between the papacy and the Holy Roman … often operated according to local customs and concerns. Bishops in the empire had to balance their loyalties between …