Crises in the History of the Papacy: A Study of Twenty Famous Popes whose Careers and whose Influence Were Important in the Development of the Church and in the History of the World
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. XIV, [2], 459, [3]pp. Original blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Remarkable study on the decline of the Papacy. Contents: St. Callistus and the Early Struggle; St. Damasus and the Triumph; Leo the Great, the Last Pope of Imperial Rome; Gregory the Great, the First Medieval Pope; Hadrian I and the Temporal Power; Nicholas I and the False Decretals; John X and the Iron Century; Hildebrand; Innocent III, the Papal Zenith; John XXII, the Court at Avignon; John XXIII and the Great Schism; Alexander VI, the Borgia-Pope; Julius II, the Fighting Pope; Leo X and the Dance of Death; Paul III and the Counter-Reformation; Sixtus V and the New Church; Benedict XIV, the Scholar Pope; Pius VII and the Revolution; Pius IX; Leo XIII. Very minor age toning on spine. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. vg. Item #32324
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