Crises in the History of the Papacy: A Study of Twenty Famous Popes whose Careers and whose Influence Were Important in the Development of the Church and in the History of the World

McCabe, Joseph. Crises in the History of the Papacy: A Study of Twenty Famous Popes whose Careers and whose Influence Were Important in the Development of the Church and in the History of the World. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916. First edition. Large octavo. XIV, [2], 459, [3]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Remarkable study on the decline of the Papacy. Contents: St. Callistus and the Early Struggle; St. Damasus and the Triumph; Leo the Great, the Last Pope of Imperial Rome; Gregory the Great, the First Medieval Pope; Hadrian I and the Temporal Power; Nicholas I and the False Decretals; John X and the Iron Century; Hildebrand; Innocent III, the Papal Zenith; John XXII, the Court at Avignon; John XXIII and the Great Schism; Alexander VI, the Borgia-Pope; Julius II, the Fighting Pope; Leo X and the Dance of Death; Paul III and the Counter-Reformation; Sixtus V and the New Church; Benedict XIV, the Scholar Pope; Pius VII and the Revolution; Pius IX; Leo XIII. Very minor age toning on spine. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. vg. Hardcover. (32324) $95