Chapter 1: GESTA PER FRANCOS, 1270-1314

BL. GREGORY X AND THE GENERAL COUNCIL OF LYONS, 1270-1276

THE SHADOW OF ANJOU, 1276-1285

FRANCE AND THE SICILIAN WAR, 1285-1294

BONIFACE VIII, 1294-1303

PHILIP THE FAIR'S LAST VICTORY, 1303-1314

Chapter 2: 'THE AVIGNON CAPTIVITY', 1314-1362

CRISIS IN THE WORLD OF THOUGHT

THE TROUBLED TIMES OF JOHN XXII

THE AVIGNON REGIME

Chapter 3: THE RETURN OF ST. PETER TO ROME, 1362-1420

INFELIX ITALIA, 1305--1367

THE POPES LEAVE AVIGNON, 1362-1378

CHRISTIAN LIFE, MYSTICS, THINKERS

THE SCHISM OF THE WEST, 1378-1409

THE CHURCH UNDER THE COUNCILS, 1409-1418

Chapter 4: FIFTY CRITICAL YEARS, 1420-1471

THE MENACE OF HERESY AND SCHISM, 1420-1449

THE RETURN OF ISLAM, 1291-1481

THE RETURN OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

Chapter 5: 'FACILIS DESCENSUS. . .' 1471-1517

A PAPACY OF PRINCES

CHRISTIAN LIFE AND THOUGHT, 1471-1517

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