The Power of the Popes / An Historical Essay on Their Temporal Dominion, and the Abuse of Their Spiritual Authority
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Chapters (17)
- CONTENTS
- TRANSLATORS PREFACE
- ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION, ORIGINAL
- CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE TEMPORAL POWER OF THE POPES
- CHAPTER II. ENTERPRIZES OF THE POPES OF THE NINTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER III. TENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER IV. ENTERPRISES OF THE POPES OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER V. CONTESTS BETWEEN THE POPES AND THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER VI. POWER OF THE POPES OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER VII. FOURTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER VIII. FIFTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER IX. POLICY OF THE POPES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER X. ATTEMPTS OF THE POPES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
- CHAPTER XII. RECAPITULATION
- CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
- ENDNOTES AND
- Footnotes
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