The Rise of the Papal States

An excellent history of the rise to power of the papacy, from the donation of Constantine to the eve of the modern era in the eighteenth century. Daunou's history covers the political moves and counter-moves of the Pope's as they strove to gather more and more power, especially focusing on the middle ages, where Pope's openly contested with heads of state, specifically the Holy Roman Empire. 

Contents include: 

ORIGIN OF THE TEMPORAL POWER OF THE POPES 
ENTERPRISES OF THE POPES OF THE NINTH CENTURY 
TENTH CENTURY 
ENTERPRISES OF THE POPES OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY 
CONTESTS BETWEEN THE POPES AND THE SOVEREIGNS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY 
POWER OF THE POPES OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY 
FOURTEENTH CENTURY 
FIFTEENTH CENTURY 
POLICY OF THE POPES OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 
ATTEMPTS OF THE POPES OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY 
RECAPITULATION