1. Italy. The pagan Renaissance; the Christian Renaissance. Sporadic
Lutheranism.
2. The Papacy 1521-90. The Sack of Rome. Reforms.
3. The Council of Trent. First Period (1545-7). Second Period
(1551-2). Third Period (1562-3). Results.
4. The Company of Jesus. New monastic orders. Loyola. _The Spiritual
Exercises_. Rapid growth and successes of the Jesuits. Their final
failure.
5. The Inquisition and the Index. The medieval Inquisition. The
Spanish Inquisition. The Roman Inquisition. Censorship of the press.
_The Index of Prohibited Books_.