4th edition. Encompasses the history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly 2,000 years ago to the election of Francis I.
Eamon Duffy, professor of the history of Christianity and fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is also the author of The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 and The Voices of Morebath, both published by Yale University Press.
