The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume 15: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources

The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages #15

by Ludwig von Pastor, Ludwig von Pastor

Excerpt from The History of the Popes, Vol. 15: From the Close of the Middle Ages, Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources; From the German of Ludwig, Freiherr Von Pastor, Pius IV. (1559=-1565)

The Pope's instructions The Council must be opened as soon as possible.

494 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1951

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.