Preface to the English Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Abbreviations VIII
4. Translator’s Note IX
5. Preface to the English Edition XI
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One: Words Historians Use 4
8. Chapter Two: Yearning for Reform 14
9. Chapter Three: Claims of Reform 26
10. Chapter Four: Preparations for Reform 37
11. Chapter Five: Initiation of Reform 47
12. Chapter Six: The Key to Reform 64
13. Chapter Seven: Reform by Council 70
14. Chapter Eight: The Apparatus of Reform 80
15. Chapter Nine: The Structures of Reform 88
16. Chapter Ten: Some Agents of Reform 98
17. Chapter Eleven: The Personnel of the Reform 110
18. Chapter Twelve: Reconquest and Spiritual Renewal 125
19. Conclusion 134
20. Select Bibliography 137
21. General Bibliography 141
22. Index of Persons 153
23. Index of Places and Subjects 161