Crises in the History of the Papacy

The 'Crises in the History of the Papacy' is a fascinating study about the careers of twenty famous popes, whose lives influenced the development of the Church as well as the history of the world. It provides a perspective of the Papacy from the early 3rd to the early 20th century, as the Papacy has the most varied and remarkable history. This edition includes the lives and legacy of:

St. Callistus and the Early Struggle

St. Damasus and the Triumph

Leo the Great, the Last Pope of Imperial Rome

Gregory the Great, the First Mediæval Pope

Hadrian I. and the Temporal Power

Nicholas I. and the False Decretals

John X. and the Iron Century

Hildebrand

Innocent III.: The Papal Zenith

John XXII.: The Court at Avignon

John XXIII. and the Great Schism

Alexander VI.: The Borgia-Pope

Julius II.: The Fighting Pope

Leo X. and the Dance of Death

Paul III. and the Counter-Reformation

Sixtus V. and the New Church

Benedict XIV.: The Scholar-Pope

Pius VII. and the Revolution

Pius IX.

Leo XIII.