Leopold von Ranke
Published: 2020-06-27
Total Pages: 404
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History of the Popes: Their Church and State in three volumes was first published in German in 1834-36, and translated into English by E. Fowler in 1901. Von Ranke described the papacy not only as a clerical institution, but also as a political power. Volume I recounts the history of the papacy from its inception to the sixteenth century.