Overview

Concentrating on the most important popes, this work provides an overview of one of the oldest and most influential institutions. Divided into five sections - the early, the medieval, the Renaissance and Reformation, the early modern and the modern papacy - each entry offers an in-depth analysis of the most notable popes from those time periods. Section introductions place the popes in historical perspective and include general bibliographic references for the entire age. Individual essays provide more specific bibliographic references. The book focuses exclusively on those popes who played a crucial role not only in the institution of the papacy, but also in European and world events.

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Author:   Frank J. Coppa
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Greenwood Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.601kg
ISBN:  

9780313295331

ISBN 10:   0313295336
Pages:   724
Publication Date:   30 November 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction The Early Papacy Introduction by Gerard H. Ettlinger Peter (d. c. 64 A.D.) by Jean-Pierre M. Ruiz Clement I (c. 91-101) by Margaret A. Schatkin Callistus I (217-222) by Michael S. Slusser Damasus (366-384) by Louis J. Swift Celestine I (422-432) by Joseph F. Kelly Leo I (440-461) by Philip A. McShane Pelagius I (556-561) by Robert B. Eno (d. 1997) The Medieval Papacy Introduction by Glenn Olsen Gregory I (590-604) by Carole E. Straw Gregory VII (1073-1085) by Uta-Renate Blumenthal Urban II (1088-1099) by Robert Somerville Alexander III (1159-1181) by Kenneth Pennington Innocent III (1198-1216) by James M. Powell Gregory IX (1227-1241) by Robert C. Figueira Innocent IV (1243-1254) by Thomas F. Madden Boniface VIII (1294-1303) by Richard Kay The Renaissance and Reformation Papacy Introduction by Margery A. Ganz John XXII (1316-1334) by Carol Lansing Gregory XI (1370-1378) by Laura de Angelis Martin V (1417-1431) by Alison Williams Lewin Eugenius IV (1431-1447) by Jacqueline Gutwirth Nicholas V (1447-1455) by James R. Banker Pius II (1458-1464) by Edward D. English Sixtus (1471-1484) by Lorenz Boninger Julius II (1503-1513) by Nelson Minnich Leo X (1513-1521) by Carol Bresnahan Menning Clement VII (1523-1534) by Kenneth Gouwens Paul III (1534-1539) by William V. Hudon The Early Modern Papacy Introduction by William V. Hudon Pius V (1566-1572) by Sergio Pagano Gregory XIII (1572-1585) by Frederick J. McGinness Sixtus V (1585-1590) by Carla Penuti Clement VIII (1592-1605) by Kathleen M. Comerford Paul V (1605-1621) by William V. Hudon Urban VIII (1623-1644) by Richard J. Blackwell Innocent XI (1676-1689) by Francesco C. Cesareo Innovent XII (1691-1700) by Brendan Dooley Benedict XIV (1740-1758) by John P. Guarino Clement XIII (1758-1769) by Hanns Gross The Modern Papacy Introduction by Frank J. Coppa Pius VII (1800-1823) by Alan J. Reinerman Pius IX (1846-1878) by Frank J. Coppa Leo XIII (1878-1903) by Emiliana P. Noether Pius X (1903-1914) by William Roberts Benedict XV (1914-1922) by Joseph A. Biesinger Pius XI (1922-1939) by Peter C. Kent Pius XII (1939-1958) by Charles Delzell John XXIII (1958-1963) by Patrick Granfield Paul VI (1963-1978) by Richard Wolff John Paul II (1978- ) by Roy Domenico

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The Great Popes Through History is an impressive work that blends both depth of scholarship with breadth of historical insight in a remarkably concise yet thorough manner. Professor Coppa demonstrates once again an infectious passion for the papacy as one of the truly great institutions shaping the history of our world. The sacred and the secular meet in the carefully researched biographies of some of the most important men called by the Catholic Church to assume the 'role of Peter.' While providing an excellent general resource source for serious papal scholarship, Coppa and his collaborators have produced a volume that is as interesting and engaging as it is sufficiently detailed and comprehensive. Very Reverend David M. O'Connell, C.M., J.C.D. President, The Catholic University of America; Original in conception and authoritative in presentation, this collaborative work will be useful not only to general readers but also to historians. The lengthy sectional surveys provide continuity as well as ample coverage of the historical sources and literature, and each biographical sketch incorporates the latest scholarship and ends with a selected bibliography. The book will long occupy a distinct place in papal historiography. Rev. Msgr. Robert Trisco Kelly-Quinn Professor Emeritus of Church History The Catholic University of America Editor, The Catholic Historical Review

Author Information

Frank J. Coppa is Professor of History, Director of the Doctoral Program in Modern World History, and Chair of the Vatican Symposium at St. John's University. He has published over a dozen volumes on Papal and Italian History. Among his monographs are biographies of Giovanni Giolitti, Pope Pius IX, Camillo di Cavour and Cardinal Ciacomo Antonelli. He is also the author of The Origins of the Italian Wars of Independence (1992), and the editor of Dictionary of Modern Italian History (Greenwood, 1985), Encyclopedia of the Vatican and Papacy (Greenwood, 1999), and Modern Italian History (Greenwood, 1990), among others.

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