Volume III of this History of the Papacy opens with the Council of Basel in revolt against Pope Eugenius IV, who doggedly defends papal autonomy against the movement for church reform. Dominating this volume is Aeneus Sylvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II. A world famous author, diplomat, and Renaissance humanist, he dies in Ancona, at the head of a failed crusade. Creighton writes of him, "Weakness and strength are strangely blended; vanity and littleness mix with high purpose and far-reaching plans; but before the eyes of Pius II there floated fitfully a loftier ideal of Christendom than was visible to any of his contemporaries, and juster views than he was enabled to express in action."
Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.
Chapters
1 Bk. III: The Council of Basel cont., Ch. 9: The German Declaration of Neutrality. Election of Felix V, 1438-1439, Pt. 1 27 min 2 Bk. III: The Council of Basel, cont., Ch. 9: The German Declaration of Neutrality. Election of Felix V, 1438-1439, Pt. 2 27 min 3 Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 1 20 min 4 Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 2 19 min 5 Bk. III, Ch. 10: Eugenius IV and Felix V, 1440-1444, Pt. 3 12 min 6 Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 1 25 min 7 Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 2 26 min 8 Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 3 26 min 9 Bk. IV: The Papal Restoration, 1444-1464, Ch. 1: Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini and the Restoration of the Obedience of Germany, 1444-1447, Pt. 4 28 min 10 Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 1 22 min 11 Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 2 26 min 12 Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 3 22 min 13 Bk. IV, Ch. 2: Nicolas V and the Affairs of Germany, 1447-1453, Pt. 4 23 min 14 Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 1 19 min 15 Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 2 19 min 16 Bk. IV, Ch. 3: Nicolas V and the Fall of Constantinople, 1453-1455, Pt. 3 19 min 17 Bk. IV, Ch. 4: Nicolas V and the Revival of Learning, Pt. 1 25 min 18 Bk. IV, Ch. 4: Nicolas V and the Revival of Learning, Pt. 2 20 min 19 Bk. IV, Ch. 5: Calixtus III, 1455-1458, Pt. 1 23 min 20 Bk. IV, Ch. 5: Calixtus III, 1455-1458, Pt. 2 31 min 21 Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 1 32 min 22 Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 2 25 min 23 Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 3 19 min 24 Bk. IV, Ch. 6: Pius II and the Congress of Mantua, 1458-1460, Pt. 4 18 min 25 Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 1 20 min 26 Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 2 21 min 27 Bk. IV, Ch. 7: Pius II and the Affairs of Naples and Germany, 1460-1461, Pt. 3 22 min 28 Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 1 22 min 29 Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 2 24 min 30 Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 3 20 min 31 Bk. IV: Ch. 8: Pius II's Relations to France and Bohemia, 1461-1464, Pt. 4 24 min 32 Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 1 21 min 33 Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 2 25 min 34 Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 3 27 min 35 Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 4 26 min 36 Bk. IV, Ch. 9: Crusade and Death of Pius II, 1464, Pt. 5 28 min
