THE

HISTORY OF THE POPES,

THEIR

CHURCH AND STATE,

AND ESPECIALLY OF

THEIR CONFLICTS WITH PROTESTANTISM

IN THE

SIXTEENTH & SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES.

BY

LEOPOLD RANKE.

TRANSLATED BY E. FOSTER

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON: GEORGE BELL AND SONS, YORK STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

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