The History of the Popes During the Last Four Centuries, Volume 1
Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
Leopold Von Ranke
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.) (21 hr 10 min)
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Bk. I, Introduction, Ch. 1: Epochs of the Papacy, A.D. 1-1500, Pt. 1. Christian…
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Bk. 1, Ch. 1, Pt. 3. Relation of the Popes to the German Emperors--Internal Pro…
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Bk. 1, Ch. 1, Pt. 4. Contrasts between the Fourteenth and the Fifteenth Centuri…
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Bk. 1, Ch. 2: The Church and her Territories in the Beginning of the Sixteenth …
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Bk. 1, Ch. 3: Political Complications--Connection between These and the Reforma…
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Bk. 2, Beginning of a Regeneration of Catholicism, Pt. 1: Opinions Analogous to…
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Bk. 2, Pt. 2: Attempts at Internal Reform and Reconciliation with the Protestan…
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Bk. 2, Pt. 2: Attempts at Internal Reform and Reconciliation with the Protestan…
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Bk. 2, Pt. 7: Further Progress of the Jesuit Institution and Conclusion, Sectio…
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Bk. 3: The Popes About the Middle of the Sixteenth Century, Pt. 1: Paul III, Se…
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Bk. 3, Pt. 4: Remarks on the Progress of Protestantism During the Pontificate o…
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Bk. 4: State and Court--Times of Gregory XIII and Sixtus V, Pt. 1: Administrati…
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Bk. 4, Pt. 9: General Change in the Intellectual Tendency of the Age, Section1
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Bk. 4, Pt. 9: General Change in the Intellectual tendency of the Age, Section 2
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Bk. 5: Counter-Reformation--First Period, 1563-1589, Pt. 1: State of Protestant…
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Bk. 5, Pt. 4: Beginning of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 1
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Bk. 5, Pt. 4: Beginning of the Counter-Reformation in Germany, Section 2
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Bk. 5, Pt. 6: Resistance of the Protestants in the Netherlands, France, and Ger…
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Bk. 5, Pt. 7: Contrasts Exhibited in Other Parts of Europe--Poland, Sweden, Eng…
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Bk. 5, Pt. 7: Contrasts Exhibited in Other Parts of Europe--Poland, Sweden, Eng…
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