Hildebrandine
- a word derived from Hildebrand.
Example Sentences
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The assaults of John Wickliff were the most serious danger encountered by the hierarchy since the Hildebrandine theocracy had been established.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
The power of the Hildebrandine Church was subject to serious limitations.
From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)
But it was the Normans who brought this new life to England and Wales; the Normans were the hands and feet of the great Hildebrandine movement of which the Clugniac popes were the head.
From Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by Little, A. G. (Andrew George)
There can be no greater contrast than that between the Hildebrandine programme and the measures by which it was incompletely realised.
From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)
In certain fundamental points, the papacy was now re-asserting Hildebrandine claims--the right of controlling succession to temporal thrones.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
