Saints and sinners : a history of the Popes / Eamon Duffy.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

1. 'Upon this rock' : c. AD 33-461 -- From Jerusalem to Rome -- The bishops of Rome -- The age of Constantine -- The birth of papal Rome -- 2. Between two empires : 461-1000 -- Under Gothic kings -- The age of Gregory the Great -- The Byzantine captivity of the papacy -- Empires of the West -- 3. Set above nations : 1000-1447 -- The era of papal reform -- From papal reform to papal monarchy -- The pinnacle of papal power -- Exile and schism -- 4. Protest and division : 1447-1774 -- The Renaissance popes -- The crisis of Christendom -- The counter-Reformation -- The popes in an age of absolutism -- 5. The pope and the people : 1774-1903 -- The church and the revolution -- From recovery to reaction -- Pio Nono: the triumph of Ultramontanism -- Ultramontanism with a liberal face: the reign of Leo XIII -- 6. The oracles of God : 1903-2005 -- The age of intransigence -- The attack on Modernism -- The age of the dictators -- The age of Vatican II -- Papa Wojtyla -- The professor -- Crisis and resignation -- A pope for the poor -- Appendix A : Chronological list of popes and antipopes -- Appendix B : Glossary -- Appendix C: How a new pope is made -- Notes -- Bibliographical essay.

This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings to the present day. This new edition covers the unprecedented resignation of Benedict XVI and the election of the first Argentinian pope.

In English.

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