THE HISTORY OF THE POPES FROM THE CLOSE OF THE MIDDLE AGES. VOLUME I. 1305-1447 A.D.

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

by Ludwig von Pastor, Cristo Raul (Editor)

THE
HISTORY OF THE POPES FROM THE CLOSE OF THE MIDDLE AGES.

DRAWN FROM THE SECRET ARCHIVES OF THE VATICAN AND OTHER ORIGINAL SOURCES


FROM THE GERMAN OF

Dr. LUDWIG PASTOR,

PROFESSOR OF HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK

































VOLUME I.

CONTENTS

Author's Preface

INTRODUCTION.

BOOK I
I
THE POPES AT AVIGNON, 1305-1376 A.D.
II
THE SCHISM AND THE GREAT HERETICAL MOVEMENTS,
1378-1406 (1409)
III.
THE SYNODS OF PISA AND CONSTANCE, I409-I4I7 (1418).

BOOK II
I.
MARTIN V, I417-I43I.
II.
EUGENIUS IV, 1431-1447

Genres: History, Religion, Catholic

219 pages, Kindle Edition

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.