Between Church and State: The Lives of Four French Prelates in the Late Middle Ages
by: Guen

Hardcover. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1st US, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Detailed study of the lives of four French bishops, who, because of their office were intellectuals & politicians. The book shows how these men rose in the hierachy that was medieval society by way of ambition & talent, not birth. The four are Bernard Gui 1261 - 1331 ( of 'Name of the Rose' fame ), Gilles Le Muisit 1272 - 1353 , Pierre d'Ailly 1351 - 1420 & Thomas Basin 1412 - 1490. Clean copy.