Screen LibraryPrisoner of the Vatican : the popes' secret plot to capture Rome from the new Italian state /
Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification of Italy and to seize control of Rome and the Papal States.
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Draws on previously unknown documents from the Vatican archives to detail a plot on the part of Pope Pius IX and his successor, Leo XIII, to block the unification of Italy and to seize control of Rome and the Papal States. |
| Carrier Form: | x, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-342) and index. |
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9780618619191 : 0618619194 |
| Index Number: | DG798 |
| CLC: | K546.4 |
| Call Number: | K546.4/K419 |
| 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. |