Renaissance History, Art and Culture Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of Reform: 1534-1549, (Hardcover)

When Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was complex and contentious. This study makes a provocative case that Paul called the Council of Trent to contain reform rather than promote it.