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Absolute power : how the pope became the most influential man in the world / Paul Collins.
Publisher: New York : PublicAffairs, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 366 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- cartographic image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781610398602
- 1610398602
- 1815-1870
- Papacy -- History
- Popes -- Temporal power
- Roman question
- HISTORY / Europe
- RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
- RELIGION / History
- RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
- Papacy
- Popes -- Temporal power
- Roman question
- Vatican City -- History
- Papal States -- History -- 1815-1870
- Europe -- Papal States
- Vatican City
- BX 955.3 .C654 2018
Contents:
Part I. Extinction? -- A death in Valence -- The "new consciousness" and "neo-ultramontanism" -- Part II. From "supreme power" to supreme pontiff -- Tackling a whole new world -- "God and the revolver!" -- "Obbedire, Obey" -- Pontificating on everything -- Part III. Rolling out and rolling back Vatican II -- Good Pope John -- "Throwing open the windows" -- The Polish colossus -- Part IV. "The smell of the sheep" -- "Reform of the reform" -- The "field hospital" -- Death and resurrection.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | BX 955.3 .C654 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | c20033023 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index.
Part I. Extinction? -- A death in Valence -- The "new consciousness" and "neo-ultramontanism" -- Part II. From "supreme power" to supreme pontiff -- Tackling a whole new world -- "God and the revolver!" -- "Obbedire, Obey" -- Pontificating on everything -- Part III. Rolling out and rolling back Vatican II -- Good Pope John -- "Throwing open the windows" -- The Polish colossus -- Part IV. "The smell of the sheep" -- "Reform of the reform" -- The "field hospital" -- Death and resurrection.
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