Absolute monarchs: a history of the papacy

St. Peter -- Defenders of the city (c. 100-536) -- Vigilius (537-555) -- Gregory the Great (590-604) -- Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861) -- Pope Joan (855?-857?) -- Nicholas I and the pornocracy (855-964) -- Schism (964-1054) -- Gregory VII and the Normans -- Innocent and Anacletus -- The English p...

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Main Author: Norwich, John Julius 1929-2018 (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: New York, NY Random House c 2011
In:Year: 2011
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Pope / History
Further subjects:B Papacy History
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Summary:St. Peter -- Defenders of the city (c. 100-536) -- Vigilius (537-555) -- Gregory the Great (590-604) -- Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861) -- Pope Joan (855?-857?) -- Nicholas I and the pornocracy (855-964) -- Schism (964-1054) -- Gregory VII and the Normans -- Innocent and Anacletus -- The English pope -- Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa -- Innocent III -- The end of the Hohenstaufen -- Avignon -- Laetentur coeli! -- The Renaissance -- The monsters -- The Medici pair -- -- The Counter-Reformation -- Baroque Rome -- The Age of Reason -- The Jesuits and the revolution -- Progress and reaction -- Pio Nono -- Leo XIII and the First World War -- Pius XI and Pius XII -- Vatican II and after
A comprehensive, rollicking, and timely history of the papacy
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1400067154