The Great Popes Through History An Encyclopedia--Two Volumes

Subjects:

• Religious Studies » Religious Studies (General)
• Religious Studies » History of Religion
• History » World History (General)

Reviews:

• ...ideal for libraries in which serious studies of the papacy is undertaken....Recommended.
  —Library Journal December 2002
• Recommended. Research libraries and collections with strong religious interests.
  —Choice July/August 2003
• For scholars of the papacy, The Great Popes Through History: An Encyclopedia is a meritorious contribution and helpful reference guide.
  —International Journal on World Peace June 2005
• [A] great treasure to mine....[t]horough and readable scholarship....[T]hese volumes would serve well in a good library.
  —Catholic Herald October 2003
• The Great Popes Through History is a thoroughly researched set providing biographical material on 46 selected popes as well as a substantial bibliography....Libraries supporting a strong interest or aiming for comprehensive coverage will want to add it to their collections. It might also be considered by academic and public libraries that want something on the topic.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin July 2003

• Endorsement From Very Reverend David M. O'Connell, C.M., J.C.D.
  President
  The Catholic University of America: The Great Popes Through History is an impressive work that blends depth of scholarship with breadth of historical insight in a remarkably concise yet thorough manner. Professor Coppa demonstrates once again an infectious passion for the papacy as one of the truly great institutions shaping the history of our world. The sacred and the secular meet in the carefully researched biographies of some of the most important men called by the Catholic Church to assume the 'role of Peter.' While providing an excellent general resource for serious papal scholarship, Coppa and his collaborators have produced a volume that is as interesting and engaging as it is sufficiently detailed and comprehensive.
• Endorsement From Rev. Msgr. Robert Trisco
  Kelly-Quinn Professor Emeritus of Church History
  The Catholic University of America
  Editor, The Catholic Historical Review: Original in conception and authoritative in presentation, this collaborative work will be useful not only to general readers but also to historians. The lengthy sectional surveys provide continuity as well as ample coverage of the historical sources and literature, and each biographical sketch incorporates the latest scholarship and ends with a selected bibliography. The book will long occupy a distinct place in papal historiography.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Early Papacy
• Introduction by Gerard H. Ettlinger
• Peter (d. c. 64 A.D.) by Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz
• Clement I (c. 91-101) by Margaret A. Schatkin
• Callistus I (217-222) by Michael S. Slusser
• Damasus (366-384) by Louis J. Swift
• Celestine I (422-432) by Joseph F. Kelly
• Leo I (440-461) by Philip A. McShane
• Pelagius I (556-561) by Robert B. Eno (d. 1997)
• The Medieval Papacy
• Introduction by Glenn Olsen
• Gregory I (590-604) by Carole E. Straw
• Gregory VII (1073-1085) by Uta-Renate Blumenthal
• Urban II (1088-1099) by Robert Somerville
• Alexander III (1159-1181) by Kenneth Pennington
• Innocent III (1198-1216) by James M. Powell
• Gregory IX (1227-1241) by Robert C. Figueira
• Innocent IV (1243-1254) by Thomas F. Madden
• Boniface VIII (1294-1303) by Richard Kay
• The Renaissance and Reformation Papacy
• Introduction by Margery A. Ganz
• John XXII (1316-1334) by Carol Lansing
• Gregory XI (1370-1378) by Laura de Angelis
• Martin V (1417-1431) by Alison Williams Lewin
• Eugenius IV (1431-1447) by Jacqueline Gutwirth
• Nicholas V (1447-1455) by James R. Banker
• Pius II (1458-1464) by Edward D. English
• Sixtus (1471-1484) by Lorenz Boninger
• Julius II (1503-1513) by Nelson Minnich
• Leo X (1513-1521) by Carol Bresnahan Menning
• Clement VII (1523-1534) by Kenneth Gouwens
• Paul III (1534-1539) by William V. Hudon
• The Early Modern Papacy
• Introduction by William V. Hudon
• Pius V (1566-1572) by Sergio Pagano
• Gregory XIII (1572-1585) by Frederick J. McGinness
• Sixtus V (1585-1590) by Carla Penuti
• Clement VIII (1592-1605) by Kathleen M. Comerford
• Paul V (1605-1621) by William V. Hudon
• Urban VIII (1623-1644) by Richard J. Blackwell
• Innocent XI (1676-1689) by Francesco C. Cesareo
• Innovent XII (1691-1700) by Brendan Dooley
• Benedict XIV (1740-1758) by John P. Guarino
• Clement XIII (1758-1769) by Hanns Gross
• The Modern Papacy
• Introduction by Frank J. Coppa
• Pius VII (1800-1823) by Alan J. Reinerman
• Pius IX (1846-1878) by Frank J. Coppa
• Leo XIII (1878-1903) by Emiliana P. Noether
• Pius X (1903-1914) by William Roberts
• Benedict XV (1914-1922) by Joseph A. Biesinger
• Pius XI (1922-1939) by Peter C. Kent
• Pius XII (1939-1958) by Charles Delzell
• John XXIII (1958-1963) by Patrick Granfield
• Paul VI (1963-1978) by Richard Wolff
• John Paul II (1978- ) by Roy Domenico