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The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries, Volume 1

Leopold von Ranke

English

Read by Pamela Nagami

Leopold von Ranke was a German Lutheran historian and a founder of modern historical writing based on primary sources. This is a panoramic account of the reigns of the 16th century popes. Pope Clement VII's French alliance leads to the sack of Rome by imperial troops. Pope Paul III devotes his reign to the political aggrandizement of his grandsons, only to be betrayed by them in the end. The implacable inquisitor, Gian Pietro Carafa becomes Pope Paul IV, but in his hatred of Spain, he is willing to enlist the Protestants and even the Turks as allies. It was Ranke who coined the term Counter-Reformation and in this book, he describes the career of Ignatius Loyola and the subsequent Jesuit reconquest for the Catholic Church of much of Protestant Europe. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

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  1. 1 00 - Author's Preface 19:05
  2. 2 01 - Bk. I, Introduction, Ch. 1: Epochs of the Papacy, A.D. 1-1500, Pt. 1. Christianity in the Roman Empire 19:17
  3. 3 02 - Bk. 1, Ch. 1, Pt. 2. The Papacy in Connection with the Frankish Empire 17:06
  4. 4 03 - Bk. 1, Ch. 1, Pt. 3. Relation of the Popes to the German Emperors--Internal Progress of the Hierarchy 20:27
  5. 5 04 - Bk. 1, Ch. 1, Pt. 4. Contrasts between the Fourteenth and the Fifteenth Centuries 17:27
  6. 6 05 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2: The Church and her Territories in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century, Pt. 1. Extension of the Ecclesiastical States 24:34
  7. 7 06 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2, Pt. 2. Growth of a Secular Spirit in the Church 8:06
  8. 8 07 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2, Pt. 3. Intellectual Tendency 24:01
  9. 9 08 - Bk. 1, Ch. 2, Pt. 4. Opposition to the Papacy in Germany 7:44
  10. 10 09 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3: Political Complications--Connection between These and the Reformation, Pt. 1 Under Leo X 19:11
  11. 11 10 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3, Pt. 2. Under Adrian VI 12:08
  12. 12 11 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3, Pt. 3. Under Clement VII, Section 1 19:29
  13. 13 12 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3, Pt. 3. Under Clement VII, Section 2 17:16
  14. 14 13 - Bk. 1, Ch. 3, Pt. 3. Under Clement VII, Section 3 17:57
  15. 15 14 - Bk. 2, Beginning of a Regeneration of Catholicism, Pt. 1: Opinions Analogous to Those Entertained in Italy 24:47
  16. 16 15 - Bk. 2, Pt. 2: Attempts at Internal Reform and Reconciliation with the Protestants, Section 1 22:15
  17. 17 16 - Bk. 2, Pt. 2: Attempts at Internal Reform and Reconciliation with the Protestants, Section 2 19:47
  18. 18 17 - Bk. 2, Pt. 3: New Religious Orders 16:09
  19. 19 18 - Bk. 2, Pt. 4: Ignatius Loyola, Section 1 16:18
  20. 20 19 - Bk. 2, Pt. 4: Ignatius Loyola, Section 2 17:10
  21. 21 20 - Bk. 2, Pt. 5: First Sittings of the Council of Trent 16:10
  22. 22 21 - Bk. 2, Pt. 6: The Inquisition 17:11
  23. 23 22 - Bk. 2, Pt. 7: Further Progress of the Jesuit Institution, Section 1 17:44
  24. 24 23 - Bk. 2, Pt. 7: Further Progress of the Jesuit Institution and Conclusion, Section 2 20:10
  25. 25 24 - Bk. 3: The Popes About the Middle of the Sixteenth Century, Pt. 1: Paul III, Section 1 20:13
  26. 26 25 - Bk. 3, Pt. 1: Paul III, Section 2 23:09
  27. 27 26 - Bk. 3, Pt. 1: Paul III, Section 3 19:10
  28. 28 27 - Bk. 3, Pt. 2: Julius III--Marcellus II 16:49
  29. 29 28 - Bk. 3, Pt. 3: Paul IV, Section 1 17:07
  30. 30 29 - Bk. 3, Pt. 3: Paul IV, Section 2 17:16
  31. 31 30 - Bk. 3. Pt. 3: Paul IV, Section 3 20:04
  32. 32 31 - Bk. 3, Pt. 4: Remarks on the Progress of Protestantism During the Pontificate of Paul IV 13:18
  33. 33 32 - Bk. 3, Pt. 5: Pius IV 20:06
  34. 34 33 - Bk. 3, Pt. 6: Later Sittings of the Council of Trent, Section 1 23:47
  35. 35 34 - Bk. 3, Pt. 6: Later Sittings of the Council of Trent, Section 2 16:11
  36. 36 35 - Bk. 3, Pt. 7: Pius V, Section 1 19:19
  37. 37 36 - Bk. 3, Pt. 7: Pius V, Section 2 15:29
  38. 38 37 - Bk. 3, Pt. 7: Pius V, Section 3 15:28
  39. 39 38 - Bk. 4: State and Court--Times of Gregory XIII and Sixtus V, Pt. 1: Administration of the States of the Church, Section 1 21:18
  40. 40 39 - Bk. 4, Pt. 1: Administration of the States of the Church, Section 2 20:14
  41. 41 40 - Bk. 4, Pt. 2: Finances, Section 1 14:49
  42. 42 41 - Bk. 4, Pt. 2: Finances, Section 2 19:53
  43. 43 42 - Bk. 4, Pt. 3: Gregory XIII, Section 1 18:07
  44. 44 43 - Bk. 4, Pt. 3: Gregory XIII, Section 2 14:55
  45. 45 44 - Bk. 4, Pt. 4: Sixtus V 20:28
  46. 46 45 - Bk. 4, Pt. 5: Extirpation of the Banditti 8:59
  47. 47 46 - Bk. 4, Pt. 6: Leading Characteristics of the Administration 17:10
  48. 48 47 - Bk. 4, Pt. 7: Finances 18:15
  49. 49 48 - Bk. 4, Pt. 8: The Public Buildings of Sixtus V 22:50
  50. 50 49 - Bk. 4, Pt. 9: General Change in the Intellectual Tendency of the Age, Section1 17:40
  51. 51 50 - Bk. 4, Pt. 9: General Change in the Intellectual tendency of the Age, Section 2 17:08
  52. 52 51 - Bk. 4, Pt. 10: The Curia, Section 1 16:33
  53. 53 52 - Bk. 4, Pt. 10: The Curia, Section 2 20:12
  54. 54 53 - Bk. 5: Counter-Reformation--First Period, 1563-1589, Pt. 1: State of Protestantism about the Year 1563, Section 1 16:22
  55. 55 54 - Bk. 5, Pt. 1: State of Protestantism about the Year 1563, Section 2 13:07
  56. 56 55 - Bk. 5, Pt. 2: Resources Possessed by the Papacy for Active Conflict 10:19
  57. 57 56 - Bk. 5, Pt. 3: The First Jesuit Schools in Germany 21:57
  58. 58 57 - Bk. 5, Pt. 4: Beginning of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 1 15:40
  59. 59 58 - Bk. 5, Pt. 4: Beginning of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 2 16:44
  60. 60 59 - Bk. 5, Pt. 5: Troubles in the Netherlands and France 25:40
  61. 61 60 - Bk. 5, Pt. 6: Resistance of the Protestants in the Netherlands, France, and Germany 18:56
  62. 62 61 - Bk. 5, Pt. 7: Contrasts Exhibited in Other Parts of Europe--Poland, Sweden, England, Switzerland, Section 1 13:44
  63. 63 62 - Bk. 5, Pt. 7: Contrasts Exhibited in Other Parts of Europe--Poland, Sweden, England, Switzerland, Section 2 12:38
  64. 64 63 - Bk. 5, Pt. 8: Crisis in the Netherlands, Section 1 16:58
  65. 65 64 - Bk. 5, Pt. 8: Crisis in the Netherlands, Section 2 17:31
  66. 66 65 - Bk. 5, Pt. 9: Progress of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 1 20:19
  67. 67 66 - Bk. 5, Pt. 9: Progress of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 2 18:47
  68. 68 67 - Bk. 5, Pt. 9: Progress of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 3 21:29
  69. 69 68 - Bk. 5, Section 10: The League 21:39
  70. 70 69 - Bk. 5, Pt. 11: Savoy and Switzerland 6:13
  71. 71 70 - Bk. 5, Pt. 12: Attack on England 16:24
  72. 72 71 - Bk. 5, Pt. 13: Assassination of Henry III 8:59

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