Ten popes who shook the world / Eamon Duffy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duffy, Eamon, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Papacy--Biography.

Papacy.

Papacy--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Bishops of Rome have been Christianity's most powerful leaders for nearly two millennia, and their influence has extended far beyond the purely spiritual. The popes have played a central role in the history of Europe and the wider world, not only shouldering the spiritual burdens of their ancient office, but also in contending with - and sometimes precipitating - the cultural and political crises of their times. In an acclaimed series of BBC radio broadcasts Eamon Duffy explored the impact of ten popes he judged to be among 'the most influential in history'. With this book, readers may now also enjoy Duffy's portraits of ten exceptional men who shook the world.The book begins with St Peter, the Rock upon whom the Catholic Church was built, and follows with Leo the Great (fifth century), Gregory the Great (sixth century), Gregory VII (eleventh century), Innocent III (thirteenth century), Paul III (sixteenth century), and Pius IX (nineteenth century). Among twentieth-century popes, Duffy examines the lives and contributions of Pius XII, who was elected on the eve of the Second World War, the kindly John XXIII, who captured the world's imagination, and John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in 450 years. Each of these ten extraordinary individuals, Duffy shows, shaped their own worlds, and in the process, helped to create ours.

Contents:

St Peter

Leo the Great

Gregory the Great

Gregory VII

Innocent III

Paul III

Pio Nono

Pius XII

John XXIII

John Paul II.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613341518

9781283341516

1283341514

9780300184273

0300184271

OCLC:

767736741