The pope who would be king, the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe, David I. Kertzer
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The pope who would be king, the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe, David I. Kertzer
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-443) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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mapsillustrations
Index
index present
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non fiction
Main title
The pope who would be king
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bibliography
Oclc number
999577208
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David I. Kertzer
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the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe
Summary
Documents the story of the violent revolution that signaled the end of the political power of the popes and resulted in the emergence of modern Europe"Days after his prime minister was assassinated in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope Pius IX found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. The wave of revolution that had swept through Europe now seemed poised to end the popes' thousand-year reign over the Papal States, if not the papacy itself. Disguising himself as a simple parish priest, Pius escaped through a back door. Climbing inside the Bavarian ambassador's carriage, he embarked on a journey into a fateful exile. Only two years earlier Pius's election had triggered a wave of optimism across Italy. After the repressive reign of the dour Pope Gregory XVI, Italians saw the youthful, benevolent new pope as the man who would at last bring the Papal States into modern times and help create a new, unified Italian nation. But Pius was caught between a desire to please his subjects and a fear--stoked by the conservative cardinals--that heeding the people's pleas would destroy the church. The resulting drama--with a colorful cast of characters, from Louis Napoleon and his rabble-rousing cousin Charles Bonaparte to Garibaldi, Tocqueville, and Metternich--was rife with treachery, tragedy, and international power politics. David Kertzer is one of the world's foremost experts on the history of Italy and the Vatican and has a rare ability to bring that history vividly to life. With a combination of gripping, cinematic storytelling and keen historical analysis, rooted in an unprecedented richness of archival sources, The Pope Who Would Be King sheds fascinating new light on the end of rule by divine right in the West and the emergence of modern Europe."--Jacket
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- illustrated books
- Popes + Temporal power
- Papacy + History -- 1799-1870
- Pontifikat
- Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1848-1871
- IX, Pius, Pope, 1792-1878
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1848-1871
- Ouvrages illustrés
- Europe
- 11.54 Roman Catholicism
- Papauté + Histoire -- 1799-1870
- Rome (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Italy -- Politics and government -- 1815-1870
- Rome (Italie) -- Administration -- 19e siècle
- Europe -- Church history -- 19th century
- IX., Pius, Papst, 1792-1878
- Illustrated works
- Italie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1815-1870
- États de l'Église -- Histoire -- 1815-1870
- Europe -- Histoire religieuse -- 19e siècle
- Papal States -- History -- 1815-1870
- Papes + Pouvoir temporel
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- illustrated books
- Popes + Temporal power
- Papacy + History -- 1799-1870
- Pontifikat
- Europe -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1848-1871
- IX, Pius, Pope, 1792-1878
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1848-1871
- Ouvrages illustrés
- Europe
- 11.54 Roman Catholicism
- Papauté + Histoire -- 1799-1870
- Rome (Italy) -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Italy -- Politics and government -- 1815-1870
- Rome (Italie) -- Administration -- 19e siècle
- Europe -- Church history -- 19th century
- IX., Pius, Papst, 1792-1878
- Illustrated works
- Italie -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1815-1870
- États de l'Église -- Histoire -- 1815-1870
- Europe -- Histoire religieuse -- 19e siècle
- Papal States -- History -- 1815-1870
- Papes + Pouvoir temporel
- Content2
- Author1
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