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Author:

Kertzer, David I., 1948-

Title:

Prisoner of the Vatican : the popes' secret plot to capture Rome from the new Italian state / David I. Kertzer.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Pius--IX,--Pope,--1792-1878.
Leo--XIII,--Pope,--1810-1903.
Garibaldi, Giuseppe,--1807-1882.
Roman question.
Popes--Temporal power.
Church and state--Italy.
Rome (Italy)--Annexation to Italy, 1870.
Rome (Italy)--History--1870-1945.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-342) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Italy's Birth and Near Demise -- Destroying the Papal States -- The Pope Becomes Infallible -- The Last Days of Papal Rome -- Conquering the Holy City -- The Leonine City -- The Reluctant King -- Pius IX in Exile Again? -- The Papal Martyr -- Anticlericalism in Rome -- Two Deaths -- Picking a New Pope -- Keeping the Bishops in Line -- The Pope's Body -- Rumors of a French Conspiracy -- Preparing for Exile -- Hopes Dashed -- The Bishops' Lament -- Fears of a European War -- Giordano Bruno's Revenge -- The Pope's Secret Plan -- Epilogue: Italy and the Pope.

ISBN:

9780618224425 (hbk.)
0618224424 (hbk.)

LCCN:

2004054097

Locations:

XBPE737 -- Lied Public Library - Clarinda (Clarinda)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

WXPD305 -- Spirit Lake Public Library (Spirit Lake) — 945.63084