A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume IV: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume IV, credited to Mandell Creighton, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume IV by Mandell Creighton. Read in English by Pamela Nagami. Volume Four of Creighton's "History of the Papacy" opens with the election of Pope Paul II, whom the author describes as "a man of handsome appearance, naturally suave and courteous, with all a Venetian's love of splendour." Paul II proved reticent and reclusive and failed to pacify turbulent Bohemia. He was succeeded by Francesco della Rovere, Pope Sixtus IV, with whose election "began a system of personal intrigue which rapidly grew into a serious scandal...and elevated nepotism into a political principle." His nephew, Cardinal Pietro Riario lived a life of dissolute luxury and died young. Sixtus IV condoned the Pazzi Conspiracy in which Guiliano de' Medici was murdered. During the pontificate of his successor, Innocent VIII, Lorenzo the Magnificent emerged as the preeminent Italian statesman of the Age. Volume Four concludes with the pontificate of Alexander VI, father of Lucrezia and Cesare Borgia, who sealed the fate of the fiery reformer Girolamo Savonarola by excommunicating him. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome, Volume IV
• Author credits: Mandell Creighton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 31
• Listed recording duration: 11:49:19

Catalogue topics

• pope alexander vi
• cesare borgia
• girolomo savonarola
• lorenzo d'medici
• pope paul ii
• cardinal riario
• pope innocent viii
• pope sixtus iv

Opening tracks: first 24 of 31

1. 01 - Bk. 5: The Italian Princes, Ch. 1: Paul II, 1464-1471, Pt. 1 — 24:48
2. 02 - Bk. 5, Ch. 1: Paul II, 1464-1471, Pt. 2 — 21:21
3. 03 - Bk. 5, Ch. 1: Paul II, 1464-1471, Pt. 3 — 16:31
4. 04 - Bk. 5, Ch. 1: Paul II, 1464-1471, Pt. 4 — 26:17
5. 05 - Bk. 5, Ch. 2: Paul II, in his Relations to Literature and Art, Pt. 1 — 16:21
6. 06 - Bk. 5, Ch. 2: Paul II, in his Relations to Literature and Art, Pt. 2 — 19:24
7. 07 - Bk. 5, Ch. 2: Paul II, in his Relations to Literature and Art, Pt. 3 — 20:52
8. 08 - Bk. 5, Ch. 3: Sixtus IV and the Republic of Florence, 1471-1480, Pt. 1 — 18:13
9. 09 - Bk. 5, Ch. 3: Sixtus IV and the Republic of Florence, 1471-1480, Pt. 2 — 18:34
10. 10 - Bk. 5, Ch. 3: Sixtus IV and the Republic of Florence, 1471-1480, Pt. 3 — 24:13
11. 11 - Bk. 5, Ch. 3: Sixtus IV and the Republic of Florence, 1471-1480, Pt. 4 — 22:27
12. 12 - Bk. 5, Ch. 4: Italian Wars of Sixtus IV, 1481-1484, Pt. 1 — 25:28
13. 13 - Bk. 5, Ch. 4: Italian Wars of Sixtus IV, 1481-1484, Pt. 2 — 24:49
14. 14 - Bk. 5, Ch. 4: Italian Wars of Sixtus IV, 1481-1484, Pt. 3 — 27:27
15. 15 - Bk. 5, Ch. 5: Innocent VIII, 1484-1492, Pt. 1 — 25:31
16. 16 - Bk. 5, Ch. 5: Innocent VIII, 1484-1492, Pt. 2 — 27:34
17. 17 - Bk. 5, Ch. 5: Innocent VIII, 1484-1492, Pt. 3 — 28:30
18. 18 - Bk. 5, Ch. 5: Innocent VIII, 1484-1492, Pt. 4 — 28:10
19. 19 - Bk. 5, Ch. 6: Beginnings of Alexander VI, 1492-1494, Pt. 1 — 24:12
20. 20 - Bk. 5, Ch. 6: Beginnings of Alexander VI, 1492-1494, Pt. 2 — 24:50
21. 21 - Bk. 5, Ch. 7: Charles VIII in Italy, 1494-1495, Pt. 1 — 26:27
22. 22 - Bk. 5, Ch. 7: Charles VIII in Italy, 1494-1495, Pt. 2 — 24:04
23. 23 - Bk. 5, Ch. 7: Charles VIII in Italy, 1494-1495, Pt. 3 — 24:00
24. 24 - Bk. 5, Ch. 7: Charles VIII in Italy, 1494-1495, Pt. 4 — 22:03

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