The Renaissance Popes Statesmen, Warriors and the Great Borgia Myth

by Noel, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780786718412
• ISBN10: 0786718412
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-22
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

"The Pope has no respect for the Holy Chair and leads such a life that people turn away in horror. By fair means or foul he seeks nothing but the aggrandizement of his children ... There are more soldiers than priests in Rome. The Pope desires war and rapine ..."

Author Biography

The Hon. Gerard Noel was the Editor of the Catholic Herald and is now its Editorial Director. He is the author of several books including biographies of Paul VI and Harold Wilson.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
List of Illustrations	ix
Introduction	1	(12)
PART I: POPES OF THE EARLY RENAISSANCE	13	(62)
Chapter 1. Pope Nicholas V (1447-55)	15	(8)
Chapter 2. Pope Calixtus III (1455-58)	23	(6)
Chapter 3. Pope Pius II (1458-64)	29	(18)
Chapter 4. Pope Paul II (1464-71)	47	(8)
Chapter 5. Pope Sixtus IV (1471-84)	55	(10)
Chapter 6. Pope Innocent VIII (1484-92)	65	(10)
PART II: POPE ALEXANDER VI (1492-1503)	75	(128)
Chapter 1. The Election of Rodrigo Borgia	77	(16)
Chapter 2. The First Year as Pope	93	(18)
Chapter 3. Schemes, Scandals, Fanaticism and Invasion	111	(20)
Chapter 4. A Foul Murder and a Live Burning	131	(16)
Chapter 5. Murder in the Vatican	147	(16)
Chapter 6. A Man 'Terrible in Revenge'	163	(14)
Chapter 7. The End of Alexander's Reign	177	(14)
Chapter 8. The Myth and the Man	191	(12)
PART III: POPES OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE AND COUNTER-REFORMATION	203	(140)
Prologue	205	(4)
Chapter 1. Pope Pius III (22 September-18 October 1503)	209	(4)
Chapter 2. Pope Julius II (1503-13)	213	(22)
Chapter 3. Pope Leo X (1513-21)	235	(20)
Chapter 4. Pope Hadrian VI (1522-23)	255	(6)
Chapter 5. Pope Clement VII (1523-34)	261	(24)
Chapter 6. Pope Paul III (1534-49)	285	(14)
Chapter 7. Pope Julius III (1550-55)	299	(8)
Chapter 8. Pope Marcellus II (9 April-1 May 1555)	307	(2)
Chapter 9. Pope Paul IV (1555-59)	309	(10)
Chapter 10. Pope Pius IV (1559-65)	319	(10)
Chapter 11. Pope Pius V (1566-72)	329	(14)
Appendix I: Henry Charles Lea	343	(1)
Appendix II: Timeline	344	(5)
Appendix III: The Road to the Pontificate	349	(2)
Notes	351	(6)
Bibliographic Handlist	357	(13)
General Bibliography	370	(13)
Miscellaneous Bibliography	383	(3)
Art and Architecture Bibliography	386	(3)
Index	389