A History of the Popes 1830-1914

by Owen Chadwick

Book Overview

Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento; and not only from Italy, but from liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Tsarist Russia as it oppressed its Polish subjects. If a united Italy was to be...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199262861
• ISBN13: 9780199262861
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 626 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"