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The 'Crises in the History of the Papacy' is a fascinating study about the careers of twenty famous popes, whose lives influenced the development of the Church as well as the history of the world. It provides a perspective of the Papacy from the early 3rd to the early 20th century, as the Papacy has the most varied and remarkable history. This edition includes the lives and legacy of: St. Callistus and the Early Struggle St. Damasus and the Triumph Leo the Great, the Last Pope of Imperial Rome Gregory the Great, the First Mediæval Pope Hadrian I. and the Temporal Power Nicholas I. and the False Decretals John X. and the Iron Century Hildebrand Innocent III.: The Papal Zenith John XXII.: The Court at Avignon John XXIII. and the Great Schism Alexander VI.: The Borgia-Pope Julius II.: The Fighting Pope Leo X. and the Dance of Death Paul III. and the Counter-Reformation Sixtus V. and the New Church Benedict XIV.: The Scholar-Pope Pius VII. and the Revolution Pius IX. Leo XIII.