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Author Norwich, John Julius, 1929- author.

Title Absolute monarchs [OverDrive/Libby electronic resource] a history of the papacy / John Julius Norwich.

Publication Info. New York : Random House
©2011
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Contents St. Peter -- Defenders of the city (c. 100-536) -- Vigilius (537-555) -- Gregory the Great (590-604) -- Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861) -- Pope Joan (855?-857?) -- Nicholas I and the pornocracy (855-964) -- Schism (964-1054) -- Gregory VII and the Normans -- Innocent and Anacletus -- The English pope -- Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa -- Innocent III -- The end of the Hohenstaufen -- Avignon -- Laetentur coeli! -- The Renaissance -- The monsters -- The Medici pair -- -- The Counter-Reformation -- Baroque Rome -- The Age of Reason -- The Jesuits and the revolution -- Progress and reaction -- Pio Nono -- Leo XIII and the First World War -- Pius XI and Pius XII -- Vatican II and after.
Summary A comprehensive history of the papacy describes the defining relevance of papal authority to the Church, chronicling the unexpectedly violent and colorful historical events that have indelibly shaped the Pope's authority and station.
Performer Read by Michael Page.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Old Saybrook Tantor Media 2011 Available via World Wide Web.
Subject Papacy -- History -- Sound recordings. -- Sound recordings.
Genre Electronic audio books.
Added Author OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
Page, Michael (Michael J.), narrator.
Added Title History of the papacy
ISBN 9781452624228 (electronic audio bk.)
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