A History Of The Papacy From The Great Schism To The Sack Of Rome

1903. Volume Six of Six. Creighton writes in the Preface: My aim in this book is to bring together materials for a judgment of the change which came over Europe in the sixteenth century, to which the name of The Reformation is loosely given. I have attempted to do this from a strictly historical point of view,-by which I mean that I have contented myself with watching events and noting the gradual development of affairs. I have taken the history of the Papacy as the central point for my investigation, because it gives the largest opportunity for a survey of European affairs as a whole. Contents: Book VI. The German Revolt: Humanism in Germany; The Reuchlin Struggle; The Rise of Luther; The Imperial Election; The Diet of Worms; The Death of Leo X; Adrian VI; The Beginnings of Clement VII; and The Sack of Rome. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.