Author: John FarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Pageant of the Popes
Author: John FarrowPageant of the Popes
Author: John FarrowPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465577556
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
The History of the Popes
Author: Ludwig Freiherr von PastorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
SHELVED: 1st FLOOR REFERENCE--COUNTER HIGH SHELVING WEST SIDE.Missing v. 1, 17, and 38-40, (06-03).
The Deaths of the Popes
Author: Wendy J. ReardonPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 147660231X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The traditions associated with a pope's death have changed from when they were buried in the catacombs of Rome. Various ceremonies, rites and rituals developed over time, but a formal procedure was not initiated until the early 1300s and even then was not always strictly followed. This comprehensive reference book provides information on the deaths, funerals and burial places of each pope and antipope from St. Peter (Apostle) to John Paul I. (Innocent X was almost gnawed by rats because no one would bury him; Alexander VI was stuffed into a carpet and pummeled into his coffin; and the corpse of Formosus was physically put on trial...) The Introduction presents a brief history of papal funerals and tombs, and also covers modern burials. A unique feature of the book is its presentation of all papal epitaphs, in their original language and in English--many translated for the first time.
The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages
Author: Ludwig Freiherr von PastorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Renaissance Popes: Culture, Power, and the Making of the Borgia Myth
Author: Gerard NoelPublisher: Constable
ISBN: 147212507X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Between the years of 1447 (Nicholas V) and 1572 (Pius V) Rome was transformed from a ruined Medieval city. The Vatican became the official home of the church and the worlds largest bureaucracy, a spectacular new Basilica of St Peters took 100 years to build and Michelangelo changed the course of art history with his Sistine Chapel. So vast and expensive was this cultural explosion that a new fundraising initiative was launched: the sale of indulgences. The Renaissance Popes were statesmen, warriors, patrons of the arts as well as churchmen. These were earthly times and the reputations of popes like Alexander VI, the infamous Borgia patriarch, and Julius 'Il Terrible' II for murder, poison, sodomy and simony vary only in degree. Meanwhile, the sin of heresy, which threatens the very core of the Catholic soul, was tirelessly targeted by two other lasting innovations of the period: the Inquisition and witch-hunts. Alexander VI, father of the ruthless Cesare and jezebel Lucrezia, is seen to this day as the embodiment of this iniquity. But Gerard Noel shows this is unjust, and based on false confessions and historical myth. What's more, Alexander created the blueprint for reform -- the first of its kind -- that would eventually lead to the Counter-Reformation. In his survey of the colourful reigns of the seventeen Renaissance Popes and his examination of the great Borgia myth Noel brings to light the true legacy -- political, artistic, religious -- of an extraordinary time.
Pageant of the Popes
Author: John FarrowThe History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: and 6
Author: Ludwig Freiherr von PastorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Papacy
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
The history of the popes, from the close of the middle ages
Author: Ludwig Pastor (freiherr von)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The Medici Popes (Leo X. and Clement VII.)
Author: Herbert Millingchamp VaughanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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