Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Foreword: The Local Nature of Episcopal Reform in the Age of the Council of Trent ix
5. Introduction: A Living Example 1
6. Part 1: Episcopal Authority
7. Hierarchy that Had Fought: Episcopal Promotion during the Reign of Mary I (1553–58) and the Roots of Episcopal Resistance to the Elizabethan Religious Settlement 26
8. Bishops in the Habsburg Netherlands on the Eve of the Catholic Renewal, 1515–59 46
9. Office and Patronage in Mid-Sixteenth-Century Tortona 63
10. Part 2: Pastoral Practice
11. The Absentee Bishop in Residence: Paris de’ Grassi, Bishop of Pesaro, 1513–28 88
12. Papal Authority, Episcopal Reservation, and Abortion in Sixteenth-Century Italy 110
13. Ministering to Catholics and Protestants Alike: The Preaching, Polemics, and Pastoral Care of François de Sales 128
14. Part 3: Clerical Reform
15. Gender, Resistance, and the Limits of Episcopal Authority: Sébastien Zamet’s Relationships with Nuns, 1615–55 147
16. Challenges to Episcopal Authority in Seventeenth-Century Padua 173
17. Trials That Should Have Been: The Question of Judicial Jurisdiction over French Bishops in the Seventeenth Century and the Self-Narration of the Roman Inquisition 194
18. Contributors 215
19. Index 217