"Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom as The popes : a history, by Charro & Windus ... in 2011"--Title page verso.
Compact disc.
Title from container.
Performer
Narrated by Michael Page.
Note
In container (17 cm.).
Summary
A comprehensive history of the papacy describes the defining relevance of papal authority to the Church, chronicling the unexpectedly violent and colorful historical events that have indelibly shaped the Pope's authority and station.
Contents
Saint Peter -- Defenders of the city (c.100-536) -- Vigilius (537-555) -- Gregory the Great (590-861) -- Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861) -- Pope Joan (ca. 855-857) -- Nicholas i and the pornocracy (855-964) -- Schism (964-1054) -- Gregory VII and the Normans -- Innocent and Anacletus -- The English pope -- Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa -- Innocent III -- The end of the Hohenstaufen -- Avignon -- Laetentur Coeli! -- The Renaissance -- The monsters -- The Medici pair -- -- The Counter-Reformation -- Baroque Rome -- The Age of Reason -- The Jesuits and the revolution -- Progress and reaction -- Pio Nono -- Leo XIII and the First World War -- Pius XI and Pius XII -- Vatican II and after.