Introduction xi
Chapter I St. Peter
3(8)
Chapter II Defenders of the City (c. 100-536)
11(16)
Chapter III Vigilius (537-555)
27(12)
Chapter IV Gregory the Great (590-604)
39(12)
Chapter V Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861)
51(12)
Chapter VI Pope Joan (855?-857?)
63(8)
Chapter VII Nicholas I and the Pornocracy (855-964)
71(15)
Chapter VIII Schism (964-1054)
86(15)
Chapter IX Gregory VII and the Normans
101(17)
Chapter X Innocent and Anacletus
118(20)
Chapter XI The English Pope
138(17)
Chapter XII Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa
155(16)
Chapter XIII Innocent III
171(10)
Chapter XIV The End of the Hohenstaufen
181(21)
Chapter XV Avignon
202(25)
Chapter XVI Laetentur Coeli!
227(18)
Chapter XVII The Renaissance
245(18)
Chapter XVIII The Monsters
263(26)
Chapter XIX The Medici Pair
289(20)
Chapter XX The Counter-Reformation
309(19)
Chapter XXI Baroque Rome
328(22)
Chapter XXII The Age of Reason
350(11)
Chapter XXIII The Jesuits and the Revolution
361(20)
Chapter XXIV Progress and Reaction
381(13)
Chapter XXV Pio Nono
394(23)
Chapter XXVI Leo XIII and the First World War
417(12)
Chapter XXVII Pius XI and Pius XII
429(24)
Chapter XXVIII Vatican II and After
453(16)
Bibliography 469(4)
List of Popes and Antipopes 473(9)
Maps
Modern Italy 482(1)
Medieval Rome 483(1)
Papal States in the 16th Century 483(2)
Index 485(26)
Illustration Credits 511