Saints and Sinners A History of the Popes

Name: Saints and Sinners A History of the Popes
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ISBN: 9780300115970

ISBN-10: 0300115970

ISBN-13: 9780300115970

Edition: 3rd 2006

Authors: Eamon Duffy

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This abundantly illustrated book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II. "Duffy offers a comprehensive overview of the 2,000-year history of the papacy. . . . This digestible survey provides a compelling introduction to one of the most durable and significant institutions to influence the course of Western civilization."—Booklist "As [Duffy] works his way through the papal roll of honour and dishonour, he is always careful to re-create the political, social and economic background to different reigns. He eschews opaque ecclesiastical jargon and, where a theological or doctrinal dispute has to…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/9/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Preface to the Second Edition


Preface



'Upon This Rock' c. ad 33-461



From Jerusalem to Rome



The Bishops of Rome



The Age of Constantine



The Birth of Papal Rome



Between Two Empires 461-1000



Under Gothic Kings



The Age of Gregory the Great



The Byzantine Captivity of the Papacy



Empires of the West



Set Above Nations 1000-1447



The Era of Papal Reform



From Papal Reform to Papal Monarchy



The Pinnacle of Papal Power



Exile and Schism



Protest and Division 1477-1774



The Renaissance Popes



The Crisis of Christendom



The Counter-Reformation



The Popes in an Age of Absolutism



The Pope and the People 1774-1903



The Church and the Revolution



From Recovery to Reaction



Pio Nono: The Triumph of Ultramontanism



Ultramontanism with a Liberal Face: The Reign of Leo XIII



The Oracles of God 1903-2005



The Age of Intransigence



The Attack on Modernism



The Age of the Dictators



The Age of Vatican II



Papa Wojtyla



The Way We Live Now



Chronological List of Popes and Antipopes



Glossary



How a New Pope Is Made


Notes


Bibliographical Essay


Picture Credits


Index