Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome - During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Klappentext Written with impartiality and objectivity, Ranke's work, through Austin's translation, influenced generations of historians and historiographers. Zusammenfassung Drawing on a wealth of manuscript and primary sources from across Europe! Ranke's history narrates and contextualises the fortunes of the papacy in one of its most tumultuous eras. Volume 1 presents the background and events leading up to that tempest and provides important notes from both translator and author. Inhaltsverzeichnis Translator's preface; Author's preface; Book I: 1. Epochs of the papacy; 2. The church and the ecclesiastical states in the beginning of the sixteenth century; 3. Political state of Europe! its connection with the Reformation; Book II. Beginning of the Regeneration of Catholicism; Book III. The Popes about the Middle of the Sixteenth Century; Book IV. State and Court: The Times of Gregory XIII and Sixtus V.

Product details

• Authors: Leopold von Ranke
• Assisted by: Sarah Austin (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.01.2011
• EAN: 9781108027113
• ISBN: 978-1-108-02711-3
• No. of pages: 558
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous