Table of Contents

Prologue: Memory, Authority, and Oblivion
1: Christendom's Crisis: The Great Schism, the Conciliar Movement, and the Era of Councils from Pisa to Trent
2: Gerson's Hope: Fifteenth-Century Conciliarism and its Roots
3: Cajetan's Conundrum: Alemain, Mair, the Divines of Paris, and their English Sympathizers
4: Bellarmine's Nightmare: From James I, Sarpi, and Richer to Bossuet, Tournely, and the Gallican Orthodoxy
5: De Maistre's Denial: Febronius, De Maistre, Maret, and the Triumph of Ultramontanism
6: Democritus's Dreame: Conciliarism in the History of Political Thought
Epilogue: Unfinished Business, Trailing Ends
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

One greatly appreciates the thoroughness, persuasiveness and eloquence of this book. Robert E. Lerner, Times Literary Supplement ... the fruit of a life's work. Francis Oakley, who has studied the subject for over forty years, here presents a synthesis by dealing sequentially with contested issues. Robert E. Lerner, Times Literary Supplement This elegant and vividly written book is never jargon-ridden or obscure; it is closley argued, and makes demands on its readers. It is also hugely important, a model of service the church historian has to offer the church. Eamon Duffy, Commonweal The mastery shown of both primary sources and secondary literature is exceptional. The book is likely to remainthe point of departure for studies in the field for many years to come. The Journal of Theological Studies The ideas discussed in this book are old, but of enormous contemporary relevance. The Church Times