Nelson H. Minnich, Ph.D. (Harvard, 1977), is Professor of History and Church History at the Catholic University of America and editor of the Catholic Historical Review. He publishes on the papacy and church councils, most recently editing the Cambridge Companion to the Council of Trent (2023) and co-editing the Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology (2024).

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Figures and MapsNotes on ContributorsList of Popes1 Renaissance PapacyNelson H. Minnich2 Ecclesiologies: Popes, Cardinals, and CouncilFrancis A. Oakley3 Renaissance Papal Court and CuriaNelson H. Minnich4 The Papal StatesChristine Shaw5 Rome: Urban Government, Society, Economy, ReligionAnna Esposito6 Art and the PapacyIngrid D. Rowland7 Relations with National States: 1400–1600Silvano Giordano8 The Papacy and the Crusade, 1400–1600Margaret Meserve9 The Renaissance Papacy and Missions outside EuropeEmanuele Colombo10 The Renaissance Papacy and Eastern Christianity: Greek and SlavicYury P. Avvakumov and Charles C. Yost11a Relations between the Renaissance Papacy and the Oriental Churches: Armenian, Georgian, Coptic, and EthiopianCharles C. Yost11b Relations between the Renaissance Papacy and the Oriental Churches: The Syriac ChurchesNelson H. Minnich12 The Papacy and HeresyAgostino G. Borromeo†13 The Papacy and ProtestantismAgostino G. Borromeo†14 Reform and the Renaissance PopesJohn W. O’Malley†Index