Thomas F.X. Noble, professor of history at the University of Notre Dame, presents twelve lectures on the history of the Papacy.

Lectures. Course consists of 24 lectures in two containers (parts). Each part consists of six CDs and a course guidebook, covering 12 lectures. Compact disc. "Course No. 6672."

pt. 1: lecture 1. disc 1.What is Papal history? When did it begin? lecture 2. The rise of the Petrine idea -- disc 2. lecture 3. Popes, Byzantines, and Barbarians. lecture 4. The Popes in the Age of Charlemagne -- disc 3. lecture 5. Rome, the Popes, and the Papal government. lecture 6. The "Age of Iron" -- disc 4. lecture 7. The Investiture controversy. lecture 8. The Papal monarchy : institutions -- disc 5. lecture 9. The Papal Monarchy : politics. lecture 10. The Popes at Avignon -- disc 6. lecture 11. The great schism . lecture 12. The Renaissance Papacy : politics. part 2: disc 7. lecture 13. The Renaissance Papacy : culture. lecture 14. The challenge of Reform : Protestantism -- disc 8. lecture 15. Catholic reform and counter reform. lecture 16. Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolution -- disc 9. lecture 17. Piux IX, prisoner of the Vatican. lecture 18. The challenge of Modernism -- disc 10. lecture 19. The troubled Pontificate of Pius XII. lecture 20. The age of Vatican II -- disc 11. lecture 21. The transitional Pontificate of Paul VI. lecture 22. The Vatican and what it does -- disc 12. lecture 23. John Paul II : "the Great"? lecture 24. Benedict XVI, the future, and the past.