In Between Popes, Inquisitors and Princes Jessica Dalton uses extensive, original archival research to provide the first history of a unique and controversial p

The power of the prince versus the rights of his subjects is one of the basic struggles in the history of law and government. In this masterful history of monar

The papacy has often resembled a secular European monarchy more than a divinely inspired institution. Roman pontiffs bestowed great wealth on their families and