Chronicles the history of the Catholic Church and its hierarchy from the nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the Church's devious practices and stubborn resistance to the truth.
New in paperback: from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wills comes a bestselling and occasionally stinging critique of the Catholic Church and its hierarchy from the 19th century to the present.
Documents the story of the violent revolution that signaled the end of the political power of the popes and resulted in the emergence of modern Europe. "Days after his prime minister was assassinated in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope Pius IX found himself a virtual p…
Rebecca Rist explores the nature and scope of the relationship of the medieval papacy to the Jews of western Europe in the context of the substantial and on-going social, political, and economic changes of the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority. "In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. Wit…
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority. "In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. Wit…
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority. "In 1799, the papacy was at rock bottom: The Papal States had been swept away and Rome seized by the revolutionary French armies. Wit…