A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume VI Part 1/2

A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume VI by Mandell Creighton (1843 - 1901)
Genre(s): War & Military, Biography & Autobiography, Political Science

Read by: Pamela Nagami in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - Bk. VI: The German Revolt, 1517-1527, Ch. 1: Humanism in Germany, Pt. 1
00:25:08 - 02 - Bk. VI, Ch. 1: Humanism in Germany, Pt. 2
00:46:02 - 03 - Bk. VI, Ch. 1: Humanism in Germany, Pt. 3
01:13:54 - 04 - Bk. VI, Ch. 2: The Reuchlin Struggle, Pt. 1
01:32:46 - 05 - Bk. VI, Ch. 2: The Reuchlin Struggle, Pt. 2
01:56:37 - 06 - Bk. VI, Ch. 2: The Reuchlin Struggle, Pt. 3
02:18:54 - 07 - Bk. VI, Ch. 3: The Rise of Luther, Pt. 1
02:40:25 - 08 - Bk. VI, Ch. 3: The Rise of Luther, Pt. 2
02:56:40 - 09 - Bk. VI, Ch. 3: The Rise of Luther, Pt. 3
03:19:24 - 10 - Bk. VI, Ch. 3: The Rise of Luther, Pt. 4
03:42:38 - 11 - Bk. VI, Ch. 3: The Rise of Luther, Pt. 5
04:06:34 - 12 - Bk. VI, Ch. 4: The Imperial Election, Pt. 1
04:25:01 - 13 - Bk. VI, Ch. 4: The Imperial Election, Pt. 2
04:49:29 - 14 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 1
05:12:21 - 15 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 2
05:36:26 - 16 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 3
05:59:40 - 17 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 4
06:25:02 - 18 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 5
06:48:46 - 19 - Bk. VI, Ch. 5: The Diet of Worms, Pt. 6

This final volume of the History of the Papacy begins with the rise of Martin Luther and with the final years of Leo X's papacy. Leo never really grappled with Luther's calls for reform and his successors, Adrian VI and Clement VII, were equally ineffectual in preventing the establishment of the Protestant Church in Germany. The political sky darkened as the rivalry between Francis I and Charles V spilled over the Alps into Italy. The army of Charles V, unpaid, ill-fed, and mutinous moved relentlessly southward until Rome itself fell defenseless. Bishop Creighton writes: 'Brutalized by hardships, by poverty, by suffering; of different nations, Germans, Spaniards, Italians; they were held together by no common bond save that of boundless cupidity, and wild desire.' The sack of Rome lasted eight days, but it was followed by nine months of occupation, violence and extortion. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)