The Cambridge Modern History, Volume 2

Sir Adolphus William Ward

Macmillan, 1904 - Asia

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 1516 Election of Paul III 1534: 34
• PAGE: 35
• CHAPTER II: 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
• NATIONAL OPPOSITION TO ROME IN GERMANY: 142
• The state of popular feeling in Germany: 148
• The knights and Sickingen: 154
• Spread of the Reformed doctrines: 160
• The Anabaptists: 166
• Demand for a General Council Catholic Princes at Ratisbon 1524: 172
• CHAPTER VII: 206
• The Tetrapolitana Position of Charles between the parties: 212
• Charles conciliates the Protestants Turkish invasion repelled: 218
• Anabaptists suppressed 1535: 222
• of Lübeck 1533: 230
• Dangers in Hungary 15389 Gelders and ClevesJülich: 236
• Algiers Hungary Cleves War with Francis I: 242
• Reasons for a policy of: 248
• Weakness of the Protestants The war represented as not religious: 254
• withdraws his troops Charles in Saxony: 260
• 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
• Calvin at Geneva Situation of the city: 358
• His problem as a Reformer and a legislator: 364
• The Ordonnances Ecclésiastiques: 370
• Some special services of Calvin: 376
• Speziale German influence in Italy: 380
• The Modenese Academy Dispersed 1546: 386
• His subsequent history Bernardino Ochino of Siena: 392
• Sadoleto Contarini and Pole: 398
• Reform movements in Spain Seville: 404
• Trial of Carranza 155976: 410
• CHAPTER XIII: 416
• Failure of Suffolk War with Scotland: 422
• 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
• Changes in the united kingdoms The clergy: 601
• New rules for the clergy Christians difficulties: 607
• NOTE ON THE REFORMATION IN POLAND: 634
• The Oratory of Divine Love: 640
• Commission of Cardinals 1537 Their recommendations: 643
• Split of the Catholic reformers The Inquisition: 649
• Relations of the Jesuits to successive Popes: 655
• Summons of a Council to Trent Adjournment Questions to be sub: 661
• Seripando The Jesuits at the Council: 667
• Pope Paul IV 1555 His secular and religious policy: 673
• The Sacrament of Orders The rights of Bishops: 680
• Acceptance and execution of the decrees: 686
• CHAPTER XIX: 690
• Occasion of the Epistolae obscurorum virorum: 696
• The Platonic Academy The new Aristotelians: 702
• The life and death of Giordano: 708
• Luther Jakob Boehme: 714
• CHAPS PAGES: 719
• Luther 728733: 728
• The Reformation in France 765768: 765
• Reformation 806813: 806
• The Scandinavian North 814817: 814
• Tendencies of European Thought in the: 825
• INDEX 835857: 835

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Bibliographic information

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