[Part One: The Foundations] Heirs of the Apostles (64-335) -- The End of Ancient Rome (335-526) -- Rome and Byzantium (526-590) -- Gregory the Great (590-604).
[Part Two: Triumphs and Decadence] From Greeks to Franks (604-772) -- A Century of Grandeur (772-882) -- The Papacy in the Doldrums (882-1046) -- Gregory VII (1046-1085).
[Part Three: Mediaeval Apogee] Crusades and Investitures (1085-1154) -- From Hadrian to Innocent (1154-1198) -- Innocent III and his Successors (1198-1254) -- The Slope to Exile (1254-1305).
[Part Four: Schism and Recovery] Avignon and the Great Schism (1305-1389) -- The Great Councils (1389-1447) -- The Renaissance Papacy (1447-1521).
[Part Five: Defence and Reform] The Reformation (1521-1549) -- The Counter-Reformation (1549-1621) -- Rome of the Baroque (1621-1721).
[Part Six: The Popes at Bay] The Age of Reason (1721-1799) -- Reaction and Revolution (1800-1846) -- Pius IX (1846-1870).
[Part Seven: Modern Times] Back to the Wall (1870-1922) -- The Age of Unreason (1922-1958) -- Aggiornamento (1958-1978).
[Epilogue: John Paul II] The Pope from Poland.
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