A History of the Council of Trent, Vol. 1

Frontmatter (page N/A) Author's Preface (page 1) Book One Council and Reform from the Council of Basle to the Lateran Council (page 5) I Victory of the Papacy over the Reform Councils (page 5) II Survival of Conciliar Theory (page 32) III The Papal Reaction (page 62) IV Tensions within the Restored Papacy (page 76) V Failure of the Conciliar Attempts of Basle (1482) and Pisa (1511) (page 101) VI The Papacy and Church Reform: the Fifth Council of the Lateran (page 117) VII The Spontaneous Reform of the Members (page 139) Book Two Why so late? The antecedents of the Council of Trent 1517-1545 (page 166) I Luther's "Reform" and Council (page 166) II "A Free Christian Council in German Lands" (page 197) III War--No Council (page 220) IV Augsburg and the Emperor's Proposal for a Council (1530) (page 245) V Fruitless Negotiations (1531-1534) (page 268) VI Paul III and the Convocation of a Council at Mantua (page 288) VII The Miscarriage of Mantua and Vicenza (page 313) VIII The Dream of an Understanding and the Reality of the Differences (page 355) IX Reform without a Council (page 410) X The First Convocation of the Council of Trent (page 446) XI The Peace of Crepy and the Second Tridentine Convocation (page 490) XII The Theatre and the Inauguration (page 545) Bibliography and Abbreviations (page 585) Index (page 595)