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Author:

Kertzer, David I., 1948- author.

Title:

The pope who would be king : the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe / David I. Kertzer.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xxx, 474 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Subject:

Pius--IX,--Pope,--1792-1878.
Europe--Church history--19th century.
Europe--Politics and government--1848-1871.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-443) and index.

Contents:

Part one: The beloved -- The conclave -- The fox and the crow -- An impossible dilemma -- Papal magic -- The tide turns -- Fending off disaster -- The assassination -- The escape -- Part two: The reviled -- The reactionary turn -- Revolution -- Pressuring the Pope -- The friendly army -- The French attack -- Negotiating in bad faith -- Battling for Rome -- The conquest -- The occupation -- Part thee: The feared -- Applying the brakes -- Louis Napoleon and the Pope -- The unpopular Pope -- "Those wicked enemies of God" -- Returning to Rome -- Epilogue.

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. Only two years earlier Pius's election had triggered a wave of optimism across Italy: he was seen as a youthful, benevolent new pope who would at last bring the Papal States into modern times and help create a new, unified Italian nation. Kertzer 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.

ISBN:

0812989910
9780812989915

OCLC:

(OCoLC)999577208

LCCN:

2017038825

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