Views During the Third Period (750-1517 A.D.) (16): The Supremacy of the Pope: Gregory VII and the Papacy

VIEWS DURING THE THIRD PERIOD (750-1517 A.D.) THE SUPREMACY OF THE POPE GREGORY VII AND THE PAPACY (continued). VIEWS DURING THE THIRD PERIOD (750-1517 A.D.) THE SUPREMACY OF THE POPE GREGORY VII AND THE PAPACY (continued). The stern old pope, as hard as a rock and as cold as the. snow, refused admittance, notwithstanding the earnest entreaties of Matilda and Hugo, till he was satisfied that the cup of humiliation was drained to the dregs, or that further resistance would be impolitic. He...