Rome and the Invention of the Papacy

Rome and the Invention of the Papacy
Author: Rosamond McKitterick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2020-06-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108836828

The first full study of the most remarkable history of the early popes and their relationship with Rome, the Liber pontificalis.

The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy

The Christian East and the Rise of the Papacy
Author: Aristeides Papadakis
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 458
Release: 1994
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Examines developments in the churches of East and West in the Middle Ages. Explores the theological and spiritual currents spreading from Byzantium to the Orthodox Churches of the North. Presents the stories of the native Eastern Churches of Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Armenia and Georgia. Includes photos and index.

Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy

Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy
Author: John F. Pollard
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2005-01-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521812047

This the first scholarly study of the finances and financiers of the Vatican between 1850 and 1950. Dr Pollard, a leading historian of the papacy, explores the transformation of the Vatican into a major financial power and the part this played in the developement of the modern papacy. Using hitherto unexplored sources, he sheds new light on tensions between the Vatican's engagement with capitalism and the Church's social teaching and conflicts between the Vatican and the Allies during the Second World War and the early Cold War.

The Papacy

The Papacy
Author: Paul Johnson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1997
Genre: Papacy
ISBN: 9780760707555

Brings vividly to life the achievements and effects, historical and cultural, theological and geographical, of the See of Rome.

The Rise of the Papacy

The Rise of the Papacy
Author: Robert B. Eno
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2008-10-28
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1606081705

Robert B. Eno, S.S., held his doctorate in theology from Institute Catholique de Paris. His work in ecumenical and historical studies was widely recognized, and he devoted much research to the focal question of doctrinal authority. He was professor of church history at the Catholic University of America.

The Pope and Mussolini

The Pope and Mussolini
Author: David I. Kertzer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0198716168

The compelling story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Benito Mussolini. A ground-breaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives by US National Book Award-finalist David Kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the Vatican's role in the rise of Fascism in Europe.

The Medieval Papacy

The Medieval Papacy
Author: Geoffrey Barraclough
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1979
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780393951004

The medieval papacy is treated as a historical phenomenon developing and changing in response to changing historical circumstances.

The Invention of Papal History

The Invention of Papal History
Author: Stefan Bauer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 0198807007

The Catholic Church is among the oldest, most secretive, institutions in the world, but in the sixteenth century a friar, Onofrio Panvinio, undertook ground-breaking investigations into the Church's history from Christ to the Renaissance. This study shows how his writings impacted on church and society, but also how he changed historical writing.