Unceasing Strife, Unending Fear: Jacques de Therines and the Freedom of the Church in the Age of the Last Capetians

Explores the tensions within the Roman Catholic church and between the church and royal authority in France in the period 1290-1321. This book traces the emergence of King Philip the Fair's (1285-1314) almost paranoid style of rule and its impact on church-state relations, which makes the expression of Jacques de Therines' views more courageous.