Author's
Preface
Book One
Council and Reform from the Council of Basle to the Lateran Council
I Victory of
the Papacy over the Reform Councils
II Survival of
Conciliar Theory
III The Papal
Reaction
IV Tensions
within the Restored Papacy
V Failure of
the Conciliar Attempts of Basle (1482) and Pisa (1511)
VI The Papacy
and Church Reform: the Fifth Council of the Lateran
VII The
Spontaneous Reform of the Members
Book Two Why so
late? The antecedents of the Council of Trent 1517-1545
I Luther's
"Reform" and Council
II "A Free
Christian Council in German Lands"
III War--No
Council
IV Augsburg and
the Emperor's Proposal for a Council (1530)
V Fruitless
Negotiations (1531-1534)
VI Paul III and
the Convocation of a Council at Mantua
VII The
Miscarriage of Mantua and Vicenza
VIII The Dream
of an Understanding and the Reality of the Differences
IX Reform without
a Council
X The First
Convocation of the Council of Trent
XI The Peace of
Crepy and the Second Tridentine Convocation
XII The Theatre
and the Inauguration
Bibliography
and Abbreviations
Index
