| Description |
xv, 366 pages : map ; 25 cm. |
| Édition |
First edition. |
| Bibliographie |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-348) and index. |
| Dépouillement |
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. |
| Résumé |
The sensational story of the last two centuries of the papacy, its most influential pontiffs, troubling doctrines, and rise in global authority. |
| ISBN |
9781610398602 (hardcover) |
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