The Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes of Rome: During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - Cambridge Library Collection - European History

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.