A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome is a seminal six-volume historical work by British scholar and Anglican bishop Mandell Creighton. It provides a comprehensive account of the Catholic Church's most tumultuous centuries, spanning from 1378 to 1527. Volume V covers the Italian Renaissance and the tumultuous transition of the Popes into secular Italian princes. It details the pontificates of Alexander VI, Julius II, and the early years of Leo X.