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The papacy / Paul Johnson

By:

Johnson, Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson , 1997Description: 224 p. : illus ; 30 cmISBN:

9780297835592

Uniform titles:

Toller Cranston Collection

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DDC classification:

REF 262.13 JOH

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Summary: Surviving wars, political intrigue, and the rise and fall of empires, the Holy See of Rome has held sway for nearly two thousand years, often wielding a power to shame the mightiest monarch. In this book, nine eminent historians review two millennia of papal history.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	Consulta / Referencia	REF 262.13 JOH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011884

Introduction: "Upon this rock I will build my Church" / Paul Johnson -- 1. The origins of the papacy, c.33-440 / W.H.C. Frend -- 2. Popes and emperors, 440-731 / R.A. Markus -- 3. Reform and the papacy, 715-1085 / Uta-Renate Blumenthal -- 4. Papal monarchy, 1085-1431 / Robert Swanson -- 5. The Renaissance papacy, 1420-1565 / John W. O'Malley -- 6. The reformation-and the counter-reformation, 1565-1721 / A.H.T. Levi -- 7. Emergence of the modern papacy, 1721-1878 / Sheridan Gilley -- 8. The papacy in the twentieth century / Michael J. Walsh --Afterword: Into the next millennium / Paul Johnson.

Surviving wars, political intrigue, and the rise and fall of empires, the Holy See of Rome has held sway for nearly two thousand years, often wielding a power to shame the mightiest monarch. In this book, nine eminent historians review two millennia of papal history.

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