Prisoner of the Vatican : the popes' secret plot to capture Rome from the new Italian state / David I. Kertzer.

By:

Kertzer, David I, 1948-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2004.Description: x, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

0618224424 (hbk.)

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DDC classification:

945.63 22 K41P

LOC classification:

DG798.7 .K47 2004

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Contents:

Introduction: Italy's Birth and Near Demise -- Destroying the Papal States -- The Pope Becomes Infallible -- The Last Days of Papal Rome -- Conquering the Holy City -- The Leonine City -- The Reluctant King -- Pius IX in Exile Again? -- The Papal Martyr -- Anticlericalism in Rome -- Two Deaths -- Picking a New Pope -- Keeping the Bishops in Line -- The Pope's Body -- Rumors of a French Conspiracy -- Preparing for Exile -- Hopes Dashed -- The Bishops' Lament -- Fears of a European War -- Giordano Bruno's Revenge -- The Pope's Secret Plan -- Epilogue: Italy and the Pope.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Harvest Mission College General Stacks	Non-fiction	945.63 K41P (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006642

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-342) and index.

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