Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Preface to the Second Edition ix
5. Preface xi
6. 1. ‘Upon This Rock’ C. AD 33-461
7. I. From Jerusalem to Rome 1
8. II. The Bishops of Rome 13
9. III. The Age of Constantine 23
10. IV. The Birth of Papal Rome 37
11. 2. Between Two Empires 461-1000
12. I. Under Gothic Kings 48
13. II. The Age of Gregory the Great 59
14. III. The Byzantine Captivity of the Papacy 72
15. IV. Empires of the West 86
16. 3. Set Above Nations 1000—1447
17. I. The Era of Papal Reform 110
18. II. From Papal Reform to Papal Monarchy 128
19. III. The Pinnacle of Papal Power 138
20. IV. Exile and Schism 151
21. 4. Protest and Division 1477—1774
22. I. The Renaissance Popes 177
23. II. The Crisis of Christendom 196
24. III. The Counter-Reformation 208
25. IV. The Popes in an Age of Absolutism 230
26. 5. The Pope and the People 1774—1903
27. I. The Church and the Revolution 247
28. II. From Recovery to Reaction 260
29. III. Pio Nono: The Triumph of Ultramontanism 286
30. IV. Ultramontanism with a Liberal Face: The Reign of Leo XIII 305
31. 6. The Oracles op God 1903-1997
32. I. The Age of Intransigence 319
33. II. The Attack on Modernism 325
34. III. The Age of the Dictators 332
35. IV. The Age of Vatican II 354
36. V. Papa Wojtyla 369
37. VI. The Way We Live Now 386
38. Appendix A 397
39. Appendix B 406
40. Appendix C 415
41. Notes 421
42. Bibliographical Essay 428
43. Index 456