A history of the Papacy covering the vital period from the Renaissance through the Counter Reformation to the period of the French Revolution. Its a broad survey analysing the influence of Papal power not only across Europe but the wider world also.
General Editor’s PrefacePrefaceChronological Table1 Introduction2 The Bishop of Rome 3 Metropolitan initiative and provincial reaction 4 Primatial leadership and Italian problems 5 Patriarchal authority in Western Europe and political obstacles6 The Supreme Pontiff 7 ‘The Papal Prince’8 ConclusionFurther ReadingSelect BibliographyGlossaryMap 1: Italy in 1564Map 2: Political divisions during the eighteenth centuryIndex
