The papacy
By: Paul Johnson ; edited by Michael Walsh
Contributors: Walsh, Michael J., 1937-
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780760775349
Subjects: Papacy; History
Notes: "Bishops of Rome in the context of world events"--p. 210-217.

Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: "Upon this rock I will build my Church" / Paul Johnson; title: 1. The origins of the papacy, c.33-440 / W.H.C.Frend; title: 2. Popes and emperors, 440-731 / R.A. Markus; title: 3. Reform and the papacy, 715-1085 / Uta-Renate Blumenthal; title: 4. Papal monarchy, 1085-1431 / Robert Swanson; title: 5. The Renaissance papacy, 1420-1565 / John W. O'Malley; title: 6. The reformation-and the counter-reformation, 1565-1721 / A.H.T. Levi; title: 7. Emergence of the modern papacy, 1721-1878 / Sheridan Gilley; title: 8. The papacy in the twentieth century / Michael J. Walsh; title: Afterword: Into the next millennium / Paul Johnson.