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100 1 _aJohnson, Paul
240 1 0 _aToller Cranston Collection
245 1 0 _aThe papacy
_c/ Paul Johnson
260 _aLondon
_b: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
_c, 1997
300 _a224 p.
_b: illus
_c; 30 cm
505 0 0 _aIntroduction: "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.
520 _aSurviving 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.
546 _aEnglish
650 4 _aPapacy
_x-History
650 4 _aPapacy
_x-Pictorial works
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