Table of Contents

Preface
Abbreviations
Note to the Reader
Alphabetical List of Popes and Antipopes
The Popes
Appendix: Pope Joan
Index

About the Author

J. N. D. Kelly was a former principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy.
Michael Walsh has written extensively on the history of the Church.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition invaluable and much needed'
Guardian
`well-researched, extremely well written, and a delightful exercise in its own right...an entertaining read for those of any religion or of none'
Church Times
`very much a book to read or browse in as well as one to consult'
New York Times
`ought to be on the reference shelf of any civilized person of any faith or none...not merely a dictionary but an agreeable bedside read'
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