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Saints and Sinners: A History of the Popes, by Eamon Duffy, is a wonder of comprehensive compression--a sumptuously illustrated, one-volume history of one of the most influential human institutions in world history. Duffy's lively portraits of the 261 scholars, scoundrels, and spiritual guides who have led the Roman Catholic Church are embedded in six historical essays that proceed chronologically from St. Peter to John Paul II. Duffy, a reader in church history and fellow at Cambridge, writes in the mannered yet affable tone of an avuncular English don. His narrative and arguments convey his own Catholic conviction that "the story of the popes is a crucial dimension of the providential care of God for humankind throughout history." Yet he also offers candid assessments of papal moral failings, including spectacular failures such as the orchestration of the Spanish Inquisition and the willed ignorance of Germany's Third Reich. Duffy's glossary of theological terms ensures that no secular reader will be lost in Christian arcana, and his excellent bibliographical essay will help motivated students zero in on the best resources for learning more about any period of Catholic history. For readers primarily concerned with current events, his analysis of John Paul II's papacy is extraordinarily useful and refreshingly free of cant. "To many people Pope John Paul seems a backward-looking figure, a man attempting to force a champagne cork back into the bottle," Duffy writes. "To others, he points the way towards a recovery of balance, a restoration of order and true faith in the flux of time. Only time, and the next conclave, will reveal which of these directions in their long walk through history the heirs of St. Peter will take."

Acknowledgements p. vii
Preface to the Second Edition p. ix
Preface p. xi
'Upon This Rock' c. ad 33-461
From Jerusalem to Rome p. 1
The Bishops of Rome p. 13
The Age of Constantine p. 23
The Birth of Papal Rome p. 37
Between Two Empires 461-1000
Under Gothic Kings p. 48
The Age of Gregory the Great p. 59
The Byzantine Captivity of the Papacy p. 72
Empires of the West p. 86
Set Above Nations 1000-1447
The Era of Papal Reform p. 110
From Papal Reform to Papal Monarchy p. 128
The Pinnacle of Papal Power p. 138
Exile and Schism p. 151
Protest and Division 1477-1774
The Renaissance Popes p. 177
The Crisis of Christendom p. 196
The Counter-Reformation p. 208
The Popes in an Age of Absolutism p. 230
The Pope and the People 1774-1903
The Church and the Revolution p. 247
From Recovery to Reaction p. 260
Pio Nono: The Triumph of Ultramontanism p. 286
Ultramontanism with a Liberal Face: The Reign of Leo XIII p. 305
The Oracles of God 1903-2005
The Age of Intransigence p. 319
The Attack on Modernism p. 325
The Age of the Dictators p. 332
The Age of Vatican II p. 354
Papa Wojtyla p. 369
The Way We Live Now p. 386
Chronological List of Popes and Antipopes p. 397
Glossary p. 406
How a New Pope Is Made p. 415
Notes p. 421
Bibliographical Essay p. 428
Picture Credits p. 456
Index p. 457
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