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" Chronicle of the popes : "
P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
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BL
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706378
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b528567
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| Main Entry
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Maxwell-Stuart, P. G
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| Title & Author
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Chronicle of the popes : : the reign-by-reign record of the papacy from St. Peter to the present ; with 308 illustrations, 105 in color /\ P.G. Maxwell-Stuart
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| Publication Statement
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New York, N.Y. :: Thames and Hudson,, 1997
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240 pages :: illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;; 26 cm
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0500017980
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: 9780500017982
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index
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| Contents
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The rise to power: AD 64/8-604 : The excavation of St. Peter's tomb -- Constantine and the battle of the Milvian bridge -- Caught between east and west and the end of the world: AD 604-1054 : Islam -- Charlemagne and the Carolingian empire -- The millennium -- Crusades and exile: AD 1055-1492 : The Crusades -- Franciscans -- Dominicans -- The Palais des Papes at Avignon -- The antipopes of the great Schism -- From glory to infirmity: AD 1492-1769 : The children and mistresses of Alexander VI -- The new St. Peter's Basilica -- Martin Luther and the reformation -- The counter-reformation -- Trying to come full circle: AD 1769-1997 : Napoleon and the papacy
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Provides a grand historical overview, showing how ultimately the papacy has moved in a circle--from self-conscious spiritual office, through embroilment in political power, and now, as the end of the millenium approaches, back to its spiritual roots
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Papacy-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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282/.092/2
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B
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BX955.2.M387 1997
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262.1309 M465c
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