The Cambridge modern history, Volume 2

Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton

The Macmillan Company, 1904 - History, Modern

Contents

• CHAPTER I: 1
• Attempt to harmonise modern culture with Christianity: 8
• Political action Extravagance and frivolity Beginnings of decadence: 14
• Final estimate of Leo X Election of Adrian VI 1522: 20
• Failure of Julius ideas Decadence of Italy and corruption of: 27
• Contents: 28
• Concordat with Francis I 1515 Election of Paul III 1534: 34
• PAGE: 35
• HABSBURG AND VALOIS: 36
• CHAPTER III: 66
• and Clement VII at Marseilles The pirates of Algiers: 68
• Operations against the Turks Revolt of Ghent 1539: 74
• League of Charles V and Paul III Opening of the Council of Trent: 80
• Mirandola Dragut and the Ottomans War in Savoy: 86
• Death of Paul IV 1559 France at war with Philip II and England: 92
• The Guises Catharine de Medici: 98
• Balance of religious and political forces in the Reformation: 104
• At the University of Erfurt: 110
• Luthers ordination Transfer to Wittenberg 1508: 116
• The practice of Indulgences: 122
• Remission of guilt Luthers position: 128
• Mission of Miltitz to Germany Interview with Luther: 134
• Luther at the Diet: 140
• CHAPTER V: 142
• The state of popular feeling in Germany: 148
• The knights and Sickingen: 154
• Reformation literature in Germany: 160
• The Anabaptists: 166
• Demand for a General Council Catholic Princes at Ratisbon 1524: 172
• CHAPTER XIX: 174
• PACK: 201
• Siege of Vienna 1529 Conference of Marburg: 207
• Fruitless negotiations Catholic proposals fresh protest: 213
• Charles leaves Germany for Italy His failure: 219
• Revolutionary movements: 222
• Social ferment in North Germany The Hanse League: 228
• Wittenberg Concord 1536 Divisions among the Protestants: 234
• Conference of Ratisbon 1541 Its failure: 240
• CHAPTER VIII: 246
• Maurice of Saxony and John Frederick: 252
• Heresy and treason Position of the Schmalkaldic League: 266
• CHAPTER IX: 280
• The Placards at Paris 1534 Persecutions Milder policy Proposed: 286
• La Chambre Ardente Organisation of French Protestantism: 293
• Death of Francis II 1560 Accession of Charles IX Catharine: 299
• CHAPTER X: 305
• Zwinglis ideas His influence and position at Zurich: 311
• The first public Disputation at Zurich 1523: 317
• The Swiss Anabaptists: 323
• The Christian Civic League and the Christian Union: 329
• Relations with Germany The Tetrapolitana: 335
• Division of the Swiss Confederation: 341
• CHAPTER XI: 342
• CHAPTER XII: 377
• Processes for heresy in the Veneto Court of Renee at Ferrara: 384
• Followers of Valdes: 390
• PACE: 394
• Aonio Paleario Pietro Carnesecchi 390: 397
• Juan Diaz his murder Francisco de San Roman: 403
• Bartolome de Carranza: 409
• The work of the Inquisition in Portugal Financial motives: 415
• Money for the wars Suffolk in France 1523: 421
• CHAPTER XIV: 474
• Proclamations against innovations Somersets policy: 480
• Religious persecution Foreign policy: 486
• Peasants revolt Robert Ket French aggression: 492
• More stringent policy of Reform: 498
• Release of Somerset His rivalry with Warwick: 504
• Settlement of the Crown on Lady Jane Grey and Guilford Dudley: 510
• CHAPTER XVI: 550
• Murder of Beton Battle of Pinkie 1547: 556
• Elizabeth and her relations to foreign Powers: 561
• Act of Supremacy: 567
• Elizabeth and the Scottish Protestants: 573
• The papal Nuncio The Scottish Reformation Parliament: 579
• Elizabeths Second Parliament The Oath of Supremacy: 585
• The Churches of England and Scotland: 591
• Elizabeth and the Calvinists Zurich Bullinger: 597
• Reconquest of Sweden by Christian: 603
• Flight of Christian II Position of his successor Frederick I: 608
• Disputed election The Counts War: 614
• in possession of the throne His measures: 620
• Gustavus1 ultimatum The Recess of Vesteras: 626
• Defeat of the Romanising party King Sigismund 1592 The Council: 632
• TENDENCIES OF EUROPEAN THOUGHT IN THE AGE: 634
• The Socinians: 638
• Commission of Cardinals 1537 Their recommendations: 643
• Split of the Catholic reformers The Inquisition: 649
• By the Rev A M Fairbairn D D: 651
• Relations of the Jesuits to successive Popes: 655
• Mary Stewart War with England Mary of Lorraine: 657
• Failure of Contarini and his associates 680: 661
• Seripando The Jesuits at the Council: 667
• Pope Paul IV 1556 His secular and religious policy: 673
• The question of Communion in both kinds: 679
• Results of the Council: 685
• The new intellectual movements: 690
• Mysticism Pico della Mirandola and Reuchlin: 696
• The Platonic Academy The new Aristotelians: 702
• The life and death of Giordano: 708
• Luther Jakob Boehme: 714
• Valois 719727: 719
• Luther 728733: 728
• The Reformation in France 765768: 765
• Calvin 779_783: 780
• The Anglican Settlement and the Scottish: 806
• The Scandinavian North 814817: 814
• Tendencies of European Thought in the: 825
• Supposed revolutionary tendency of the Reformation: 830
• Index 835857: 835

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Cambridge modern history, Volume 2; The Cambridge Modern History, Sir Adolphus William Ward
• Author: Baron John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton
• Editors: Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes, Ernest Alfred Benians
• Publisher: The Macmillan Company, 1904
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Sep 27, 2006