Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Format: Book Author: Norwich, John Julius, 1929-2018. Title: Absolute monarchs : a history of the papacy / John Julius Norwich. Edition: 1st U.S. edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Random House, ©2011. Description: xiii, 512 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm Summary: A comprehensive, rollicking, and timely history of the papacy. Subjects: Papacy -- History. Other Title: History of the papacy Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: St. Peter -- Defenders of the city (c. 100-536) -- Vigilius (537-555) -- Gregory the Great (590-604) -- Leo III and Charlemagne (795-861) -- Pope Joan (855?-857?) -- Nicholas I and the pornocracy (855-964) -- Schism (964-1054) -- Gregory VII and the Normans -- Innocent and Anacletus -- The English pope -- Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa -- Innocent III -- The end of the Hohenstaufen -- Avignon -- Laetentur coeli! -- The Renaissance -- The monsters -- The Medici pair -- -- The Counter-Reformation -- Baroque Rome -- The Age of Reason -- The Jesuits and the revolution -- Progress and reaction -- Pio Nono -- Leo XIII and the First World War -- Pius XI and Pius XII -- Vatican II and after. LCCN: 2010036598 ISBN: 9781400067152 1400067154 9780812978841 0812978846 978140006715 1400067154 Other Number: 659413211 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 282136 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 262.13 Norwich Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1