Popes and the Papacy: A History

Professor Biography......Page 2
Course Scope......Page 4
Part I
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1 What Is Papal History? When Did It Begin......Page 5
2 The Rise of the Petrine Idea......Page 8
3 Popes, Byzantines, and Barbarians......Page 11
4 The Popes in the Age of Charlemagne......Page 14
5 Rome, the Popes, and the Papal Government......Page 17
6 The “Age of Iron”......Page 19
7 The Investiture Controversy......Page 21
8 The Papal Monarchy—Institutions......Page 24
9 The Papal Monarchy—Politics......Page 27
10 The Popes at Avignon......Page 30
11 The Great Schism......Page 33
12 The Renaissance Papacy—Politics......Page 36
Timeline......Page 38
Glossary......Page 42
Part II
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13 The Renaissance Papacy—Culture......Page 50
14 The Challenge of Reform—Protestantism......Page 53
15 Catholic Reform and Counter Reform......Page 57
16 Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution......Page 60
17 Pius IX—Prisoner of the Vatican......Page 64
18 The Challenge of Modernism......Page 67
19 The Troubled Pontificate of Pius XII......Page 71
20 The Age of Vatican II......Page 74
21 The Transitional Pontificate of Paul VI......Page 77
22 The Vatican and What It Does......Page 80
23 John Paul II—“The Great”......Page 84
24 Benedict XVI, the Future, and the Past......Page 88
Biographical Notes......Page 91
Bibliography......Page 95