The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume 12: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources

The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages #12

by Ludwig von Pastor

Excerpt from The History of the Popes, Vol. 12: From the Close of the Middle Ages, Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources
Table of Contents; List of Unpublished Documents in Appendix; Ignatius of Loyola and the Society of Jesus; Constitutions of the Society of Jesus. Its work in Europe and the Indies; The Turkish war. The meeting between Paul III. and Charles V. at Lucca. The conciliar question, 1541-1543; The meeting between Paul III. and Charles V. at Busseto. Suspension of the Council. The Pope's neutrality and exertions for peace. Misunderstandings with the Emperor; Spread of the German schism. Cardinal Farnese's mission to Worms. Negotiations for an alliance between Paul III. and Charles V. against the Protestants. Investiture of Pier Luigi Farnese with Parma and Piacenza. The convening of the Council of Trent; Transactions and decrees of the five first sessions of the Council of Trent (December 1545 to June 1546); The Papal-Imperial league of June 1546. The Schmalkaldic war
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Published August 24, 2018

About the author

Ludwig Pastor, later Ludwig von Pastor, Freiherr von Campersfelden (31 January 1854 – 30 September 1928), was a German historian and a diplomat for Austria. He became one of the most important Roman Catholic historians of his time and is most notable for his History of the Popes. He was raised to the nobility by the Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1908. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.