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.