Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface and Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1 Birth, Youth, and Society 2 Education, Profession, and Family 3 Reviving Antiquity 4 The Popes at Avignon 5 Cola and the Barons 6 Preparing for the Apocalypse 7 Pentecost 8 The Buono Stato 9 Cola and the World 10 War with the Barons 11 Abdication and Exile 12 Last World Emperor and Angel Pope 13 Apocalypse in Rome Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Ronald G. Musto is publisher of Italica Press in New York City and codirector of the History E-Book Project for the American Council of Learned Societies. His books include The Catholic Peace Tradition (1986), Liberation Theologies (1991), and Renaissance Society and Culture (coedited with John Monfasani, 1991).

Reviews

"Written with verve...Musto offers a much richer account of Rienzo's career and aims than has ever been offered."--David Abulafia, "Times Literary Supplement (tls)"