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Bonizo of Sutri

Portrait in a Landscape
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This book provides a groundbreaking reinterpretation of the life and career of the preeminent polemicist of the Bishop Bonizo of Sutri. Through a meticulous analysis of Bonizo's literary works and contemporary reports about his activities, the author uncovers the populist roots of both the bishop's reform ideology and his vision of holy war against a heretical emperor, Henry IV of Germany. In establishing the predominance of Bonizo's personal experience as a member of the populist Lombard reform community, the Pataria, in the formation of his thought, this study shatters the picture of a uniform Gregorian party and greatly strengthens the impression of the papal reform movement as a fragile coalition of multiple regional partners, like the Pataria, which enjoyed a fundamental unity of purpose but whose individual constituencies often diverged in their particular strategic objectives. This investigation, moreover, sets Bonizo's story within the context of the urban life of his native Lombardy and examines the relationship between popular religious reform and the gradual development of communal government in northern Italy.
John A. Dempsey is professor of history at Westfield State University.
Chapter 1 The Broad Historical Landscape Chapter 2 Bonizo of Sutri: A Biographical Outline to 1085-1086 Chapter 3 The Liber ad amicum: Historical and Literary Contexts Chapter 4 Back to the Future: The Meaning of the Liber ad amicum Chapter 5 The Pataria's Armed Kulturkampf Chapter 6 Bishop Bonizo of Piacenza Chapter 7 A Patarene in Winter Chapter 8 The Liber de vita christiana: Canonical treatise as a Patarene Regula Pastoralis Chapter 9 The Liber de vita christiana: Canonical Treatise as Ecclesio-Political Polemic Conclusion Epilogue Appendix The Minor Works
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