Book : The “1007 anonymous” and papal sovereignty : Jewish perceptions of the papacy and papal policy in the High Middle Ages
Kenneth R. StowCincinatti, 1984
Hebrew Union College Annual Supplements; Vol. 4; 8vo; [9], 89 pages; 5 facsimile plates, bibliography, index.
Describes Jewish attitudes toward the popes, not the contrary.
Lay piety was independant from ecclesiastical controls.
Popes abandonned their ideal and made their peace with political realism.
