Meanwhile the remaining decrees, both of doctrine and of discipline, were eagerly pushed on.Continuing The Council of Trent and the
Towards Unity or Division
Should the council pursue a goal of uniting with protestants or seeking a coherent body of doctrines and practices?Continuing The Council of Trent
Reform Goes Extreme
Of a sudden, as if in another gust of passion, he made a clean sweep of the obstacles which his own perversity had placed in his path, and then took
New Rulers in Charge
The pontificate of Paul IV (Gian Pietro Caraffa, May, 1555-August, 1559) forms one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of the
Pope Versus Holy Roman Emperor
For a time it seemed as if at Trent, too, the opposing interests would have proved irreconcilable.Continuing The Council of Trent and the
The Council of Trent and the Counter-Reformation
This series has seven easy five minute installments. This first installment: Council of Trent Commences.After the Catholics had lost much of
Vikings Given Normandy
Today's installment concludes Empire of the Franks Splits and Decays,our selection from the Earliest Times by François P. G. Guizot published in
Siege of Paris
It ended when the Vikings were bought off and the Emperor deposed.Continuing Empire of the Franks Splits and Decays,our selection from A Popular
Vikings Attack Paris
In November, 885, under the reign of Charles the Fat, after having, for more than forty years, irregularly ravaged France, they resolved to unite