| Title |
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 Info. |
New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, [1997] |
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©1997 |
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| Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department
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282 MAXWELL |
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| West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction
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282 MAXWELL-STUART |
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| Description |
240 pages : illustrations (some color ), maps (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Subject |
Papacy -- History.
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| ISBN |
0500017980 |
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