The History of the Popes - Volume I From the Close of the Middle Ages

The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages #1

by Ludwig von Pastor

1492 - 1511, Alexander VI, Pius III, Julius II

Genres: History, Religion, Catholic

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1891

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.

Reviews

[Joshua Jennings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Volume 1 starts in Avignon and concludes with Eugenius IV. A nice, general overview that happily takes time to introduce several fascinating personalities.