The Early Modern Papacy. From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution 1564-1789

From: The Catholic Historical Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Cesareo, Francesco C | Copyright information

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The Early Modern Papacy. From the Council of Trent to the French Revolution 1564-1789. By A. D. Wright. [Longman History of the Papacy.] (London; Harlow, Essex: Longman. 2000. Pp. ix, 335. Paperback.)

While the Council of Trent did not issue any decrees relating to the office of the papacy, the Council left the interpretation of its decrees to the pope. In many ways, this bolstered the position of the papacy, which had suffered in the wake of the Protestant challenge. Ye...

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