O'Malley, John W. <br/><br/>
Trent :  what happened at the council / 
John W. O'Malley. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>The fifteenth-century prelude --  The struggle to convoke the council --  The first period, 1545-1547 --  The middle years, 1547-1562 --  The council resumes, 1562-1563 --  The council concludes --  Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> During the council's eighteen years, war and threat of war among the key players, as well as the Ottoman Turks' onslaught against Christendom, turned the council into a perilous enterprise. Its leaders declined to make a pronouncement on war against infidels, but Trent's most glaring and ironic silence was on the authority of the papacy itself. The popes, who reigned as Italian monarchs while serving as pastors, did everything in their power to keep papal reform out of the council's hands -- 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674067608 9780674071483 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--History--16th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Counter-Reformation--History.<br/>History, Modern--16th century.<br/>Church history--16th century.<br/>Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy)
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX830 1545  / .T746 2013