Books by Thomas F. Mayer

With this final installment in his trilogy on the seventeenth-century Roman Inquisition, Thomas F. Mayer has provided the first comprehensive study of the legal proceedings against Galileo.

As Thomas F. Mayer demonstrates in this first study of the Roman Inquisition as an institution, the Inquisition underwent constant modification as it expanded. Originally aimed to eradicate Protestant heresy, it went beyond medieval antecedents by becoming a highly articulated centralized organ directly dependent on the pope.

This volume extends over the bulk of Pole's final legation for the reconciliation of England to Rome.

During the period covered by volume two of this set, Reginald Pole continued his career as a papal diplomat. This work generated much of the correspondence as discussed in the introduction to volume one.

Cardinal Reginald Pole was an important international figure of mid-16th-century Europe. These studies place him in his English, Italian and European contexts - political, intellectual and religious - and demonstrate how he tried to mediate between increasingly rigid religious positions.

Reginald Pole (1500-1558) was never a man of few words, which is reflected by the enormity of his correspondence. Through these volumes, Thomas F. Meyer aims to provide the reader with the necessary information to interpret Pole's correspondence.

Reginald Pole (1500-1558), cardinal and archbishop of Canterbury, was at the centre of reform controversies in the mid 16th century. His voluminous correspondence forms a major source for historians. This work makes this vast body of material accessible to the researcher, summarising each letter together with necessary identification and comment.