A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume III


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Volume III of this History of the Papacy opens with the Council of Basel in revolt against Pope Eugenius IV, who doggedly defends papal autonomy against the movement for church reform. Dominating this volume is Aeneus Sylvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II. A world famous author, diplomat, and Renaissance humanist, he dies in Ancona, at the head of a failed crusade. Creighton writes of him, "Weakness and strength are strangely blended; vanity and littleness mix with high purpose and far-reaching plans; but before the eyes of Pius II there floated fitfully a loftier ideal of Christendom than was visible to any of his contemporaries, and juster views than he was enabled to express in action."
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Bk. III: The Council of Basel cont., Ch. 9: The German Declaration of Neutrality. Election of Felix V, 1438-1439, Pt. 1 27:00 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. III: The Council of Basel, cont., Ch. 9: The German Declaration of Neutrality. Election of Felix V, 1438-1439, Pt. 2 26:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 1 20:10 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 2 18:34 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 3 12:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 1 24:40 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 2 26:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 3 25:39 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 4 28:30 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 1 21:50 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 2 25:50 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 3 22:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 4 23:13 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 1 18:32 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 2 18:46 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 3 18:48 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 4: Nicolas V and the Revival of Learning, Pt. 1 24:44 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 4: Nicolas V and the Revival of Learning, Pt. 2 20:14 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 5: Calixtus III, 1455-1458, Pt. 1 23:18 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 5: Calixtus III, 1455-1458, Pt. 2 30:31 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 1 31:41 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 2 25:08 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 3 19:00 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 4 18:27 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 1 19:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 2 21:23 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 3 21:51 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 1 22:28 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 2 23:36 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 3 19:45 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 4 23:56 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 1 21:28 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 2 24:52 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 3 26:40 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 4 26:28 Read by Pamela Nagami
Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 5 28:05 Read by Pamela Nagami