A History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Mandell Creighton
SeriesCambridge Library Collection - European History
Series part Volume No. Volume 5
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:402
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140
Category/GenreChurch history
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches
ISBN/Barcode 9781108041102
ClassificationsDewey:282.09031
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 1 December 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Mandell Creighton's five-volume study of the papacy during the Reformation was first published between 1882 and 1894. Lytton Strachey paid an indirect compliment to Creighton's work by remarking that 'the biscuit is certainly dry; but at any rate there are no weevils'. Creighton (1843-1901) was an academic and an ordained Anglican. Having studied at Oxford and spent time in the parish of Embleton in Northumberland, he was appointed the first Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge, became Bishop of Peterborough and ended his career as Bishop of London. In Volume 5 (1894) Creighton focuses on the beginnings of humanism and the different strands of the Reformation movement in Germany. He discusses Luther's leading role in the movement, and the reaction of the papacy to him. The volume closes with the sack of Rome by Charles V's troops and Clement VII's flight to Orvieto in 1527.