Part one: The first popes (1. 'Upon this rock ...': Peter to Sylvester I, c. 30/40-335 [St. Peter the fist pope ; Linus to Pius I, 66-155 ; Anicetus to Urban I, 155-230 ; Pontian to Setephen I, 230-257 ; The pope and the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church ; Sixtus II to Eusebius, 257-310 ; Miltiades and Sylvester I, 311-335] ; 2. Fall of the Western Empire : Mark to Pelagius II, 336-590 [Mark to Liberius, 336-366 ; Damasus I, 366-384 ; Siricius and Anastasius, 384-401 ; Innocent I, 401-417 ; Zosimus to Sixtus III, 417-440 ; Leo I, 440-461 ; Hilarius to Silverius, 461-537 ; Rome and the acquisition of the Papal States ; Vigilius to Pelagius II, 537-590]
3. Enter the Franks: Gregory the Great to Hadrian I, 590-795 [Gregory I 'The Great', 590-604 ; Sabinian to Boniface V, 604-625 ; Honorius I to Martin I, 625-653 ; Eugene I to Agatho, 645-681 ; Leo II to Constantine, 682-725 ; Gregory II to Zacharias, 715-752 ; Stephen II to Stephen III, 752-772 ; Hadrian I, 772-795] ; 4. Conflict in the church: Leo III to Leo IX, 795-1054 [Leo III, 795-816 ; Stephen IV to Sergius II, 816-847; Leo IV to Leo V, 847-903 ; Sergius III to Gregory V, 904-999 ; Sylvester II, 999-1003 ; John XVII to Damasus II, 1003-1048 ; The great schism of the two churches ; Leo IX, 1049-1054])
Part two: Crusades and the Reformation (5. Birth of the Crusades: Victor II to Clement III, 1055-1191 [Victor II to Alexander II, 1055-1073 ; Gregory VII, 1073-1085 ; Victor III, and Urban II, 1086-1099 ; Paschal II and Gelasius II, 1099-1119 ; Callistus II, 1119-1124 ; Honorius II, 1124-1130 ; Innocent II to Lucius II, 1130-1145 ; Eugenius III, 1145-1153 ; Hadrian IV< 154-1159 ; Alexander III to Clement III, 1159-1191] ; 6. Birth of the mendicant Orders: Celestine II to Benedict XI, 1191-1304 [Celestine III, 1191-1198 ; Innocent III, 1198-1216 ; Crusades against enemies of the papacy ; Honorius III, 1216-1227 ; Gregory IX, 1227-1241 ; Celestine IV to Clement IV, 1241-1268 ; Gregory X, 1271-1276 ; Innovent V to Benedict XI, 1276-1304] ; 7. Avignon exile and papal schism: Clement V to Eugene IV, 1305-1447 [Clement V, 1305-1314 ; John XXII, 1316-1334 ; Exile of the papacy to Avignon in the south of France ; Benedict XII to Urban V, 1334-1370; Urban VI to Martin V, 1378-1431 ; Eugenius IV, 1431-1447] ; 8. Renaissance and Reformation: Nicholas V to Clement VII, 1447-1534 [Nicholas V and Callistus III, 1447-1458 ; Pius II, 1458-1464 ; Paul II, 1464-1471 ; Sixtus IV, 1471-1484 ; Innocent VIII, 1484-1492 ; Alexander VI and Pius III, 1492-1503 ; Julius II, 1503-1513 ; Leo X and Hadrian VI, 1513-1523 ; The papacy and the Protestant Reformation ; Clement VII, 1523-1534])
Part three: Into the modern era (9. The Counter-Reformation: Paul III to Innocent X, 1534-1655 [Paul III, 1534-1549 ; Julius III, 1550-1555 ; Marcellus II to Pius V, 1555-1572 ; Papacy and the Counter-Reformation ; Gregory XIII, 1572-1585 ; Sixtus V, 1585-1590 ; Urban VII to Gregory XV, 1590-1623 ; Urban VIII, 1623-1644 ; Innocent X: 1644-1655] ; 10. Papal power and influence: Alexander VIII to Clement XIII, 1655-1769 [Alexander VIII, 1655-1667 ; The papacy and Baroque art and architecture ; Clement IX to Innocent XII, 1667-1700 ; Clement XI, 1700-1721 ; Innocent XIII to Clement XII, 1721-1740 ; Benedict XIV, 1740-1758 ; Clement XIII, 1758-1769] ; 11. Popes in an age of revolution: Clement XIV to Leo XIII [Clement XIV and Pius VI, 1769-1799 ; Pius VII, 1800-1823 ; Leo XII, 1823-1829 ; Papal missions to spread the gospel around the world ; Pius VIII and Gregory XVI, 1829-1846 ; Pius IX, 1846-1878 ; Leo XIII, 1878-1903] ; 12. Peace for a troubled world: Pius X to Francis, 1903 to today [Pius X, 1903-1914 ; Benedict XV, 1914-1922 ; Pius XI, 1922-1939 ; Pius XII, 1939-1958 ; John XXIII and Paul VI, 1958-1978 ; The Second Vatican Council to revitalize the church ; John Paul I, 1978 ; John Paul II, 1978-2005 ; Benedict XVI, 2005-2013 ; Francis, 2013-])
