| Description |
310 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The golden city -- Rome, A.D. 900 -- The Lord of Rome -- Donation of Constantine -- The House of Theophylact -- Marozia : Senatrix of Rome (926-932) -- Rise of the Theophylacts -- "Pope Joan" -- Octavian : Pope John XII (955-963) -- The Pope-King -- The coming of the Emperor -- Theophylact : Pope Benedict IX (1032-1046) -- The rule of the magician -- Sale of the papacy -- The Lord of Europe -- Benedict Gaetani : Pope Boniface VIII (1294-1303) -- The great refusal -- Consolidation -- The high-souled sinner -- Challenge and response -- The wandering Pope -- Bartolomeo Prignano : Pope Urban VI (1378-1389) -- Avignon, September, 1376 -- Schism : Rome, 1378 -- The long march -- The Spanish bull -- Rodrigo Borgia : Pope Alexander VI (1492-1503) -- Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia -- The Borgia family -- Invasion, 1494 -- Murder of the Duke of Gandia -- Cesare Borgia -- The golden age -- Giovanni de'Medici : Pope Leo X (1513-1521) -- The High Renaissance -- Triumph of the Medici -- Conspiracy of the cardinals -- Luther -- The last day of Italy -- Giulio de'Medici : Pope Clement VII (1523-1534) -- Giulio de'Medici -- The gathering storm -- The sack of Rome. |
| Summary |
"Each of the popes considered in detail in this book, from the gentle hermit-pope Celestine V to the degenerate Rodrigo Borgia and the emperor-pope Boniface VIII, shared one heavy burden. They were not only the spiritual leaders of Europe but, through an audacious forgery (the so-called Donation of Constantine), they were also territorial princes - 'papal monarchs' - struggling to maintain control over an enormous section of Italy." "The careers of these popes demonstrate the disastrous effect of combining religion and politics and led at last to the event which ends this book - the Sack of Rome in 1527. Brought about by the inept attempts of Pope Clement VII to play off the Emperor Charles V against his rival the king of France, the culmination was the sacking of the Eternal City by 20,000 starving, pitiless mercenaries. It was the end of an era."--Jacket. |
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Popes.
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Popes. (OCoLC)fst01071262
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| ISBN |
0880291168 |
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9780880291163 |
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