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02358aam a2200397 i 4500 001 EC2A15007A8911EC8D40A6D433ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220121011532 008 210729s2022 nyua e b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021033991 020 $a 1541768752 020 $a 9781541768758 035 $a (OCoLC)1264735184 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d HRF $d GL4 $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ew----- 082 00 $a 909/.09821 $2 23 100 1 $a Bueno de Mesquita, Bruce, $d 1946- $e author. 245 14 $a The invention of power : $b popes, kings, and the birth of the West / $c Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. 246 30 $a Popes, kings, and the birth of the West 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b PublicAffairs, $c 2022. 300 $a viii, 337 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index. 505 0 $a Exceptionalism -- Two swords, one church -- The concordat game -- Secularism surges -- The road to prosperity -- The road to Papal serfdom and liberation -- The birth of states, the birthing of representative democracy -- Today. 520 $a "This book solves one of the great puzzles of history: why did the West become the most powerful civilization in the world? Political scientist Bruce Bueno de Mesquita explains the consolidation of power in the West through a single, little noticed event: the 1132 Concordat of Worms. Bueno de Mesquita makes a deeply researched and persuasive case that the Concordat changed the terms of competition between churches and nation-states, incentivizing economic growth and benefiting citizens over kings and popes. In the centuries since, those countries that have had similar arrangements have been consistently better off than those that did not"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Civilization, Western $x Christian influences. 650 0 $a Church and state $z Europe, Western $x History. 650 0 $a Exceptionalism $z Europe, Western $x History. 610 20 $a Catholic Church. $t Treaties, etc. $g Holy Roman Empire, $d 1122 September 23. 941 $a 3 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010025641.0 952 $l HOPC845 $d 20220510010443.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220121011602.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC2A15007A8911EC8D40A6D433ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search