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Pope Pius IIPope Pius II Nancy Bisaha. pressure from France to support its claim to the throne of Naples. In spite of all these preoccupations, Pius found time to write several works including, in 1461, Asia and his controversial letter to Mehmed II, ...
Commentaries: Books III-IV
Pope Pius IIPope Pius II Margaret Meserve, Marcello Simonetta. BOOK. III. The opening of the congress. The pope's first oration. Bianca departs. On the first of June, the day the congress was set to begin, the 1 pope came out of the palace and went to ...
The Life of Pope Pius II: As Illustrated by Pinturicchio's ...
George William Kitchin... five golden half-moons, together with the pontifical insignia, he is stopped on his way, according to ancient usage, by the Master of the Ceremonies, who, kneeling before him, kindles on the tip of a reed a little tow 54 The Life of Pope Pius II.
Hitler's Pope: The Secret History of Pius XII
John CornwellDraws on secret archives to present a record of the career of Pope Pius XII, showing his collaboration with the Nazis and his anti-Semitism, and discusses his continuing influence.
Dialogo su un sogno:
Pope Pius IIPope Pius II Alessandro Scafi. nale della biblioteca e della collezione fotografica, e sulla disponibità di Nicholas Mann, direttore dell'Istituto durante gli anni della mia ricerca. Desidero anche ringraziare il personale della Biblioteca Apostolica ...
The Pope's Dilemma: Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide ...
Jacques KornbergPius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War Jacques Kornberg. THE POPE'S DILEMMA Pius XII Faces Atrocities and Genocide in the Second World War Pope Pius XII presided over the Catholic Church during one of the ...
The 'Commentaries' of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the ...
Emily O’BrienIn this book, Emily O'Brien positions Pius' expansive autobiographical text within that century's contentious debate over ecclesiastical sovereignty.
Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler
Mark RieblingHistory has accused wartime pontiff Pius the Twelfth of complicity in the Holocaust and dubbed him “Hitler’s Pope.” But a key part of the story has remained untold.
The Commentaries of Pius II
Pope Pius IIEllen Elisabeth Callahan Nos. 3-4. BRYAN AND WORLD PEACE Merle Eugene Curii XVLI (1931-32) Nos. 1-4. NATIVE AMERICAN ANARCHISM: A Study of Left -Wing American Individualism, o.p Eunice Minetle Schuster XVHI (1932-33) Nos ...
Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler
Mark RieblingIn this stunning revision of the role of Hitler's Pope” in WWII, one of our top intelligence experts recasts Pius XIIallegedly a Nazi sympathizeras an anti-Nazi spymaster
Pope Francis: The People's Pope
Beatrice GormleyBea Gormley tells the story of Pope Francis, known as the People’s Pope, who has humbly said, “My people are poor and I am one of them.” Ordained as Pope on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis became the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic ...
AD 1798-1843 Source Book
Heidi HeiksIn this collection of primary and secondary documents compiled shortly thereafter, Brother Heiks has filled out the events surrounding the captivity of Pope Pius VI and the setting up of the Roman Republic through the eyes of those who ...
Vision and Policy in Nigerian Economics: The Legacy of Pius ...
More editionsThis is a festschrift for Pius Okigbo, a foremost economist, public intellectual and trailblazer of Nigeria's development in the immediate aftermath of colonial rule.
Piero Della Francesca
Marco BussagliPiero must have been working for him from 22 January 1459, when Pope Pius II left the pontifical seat to go to Mantua where he called a crusade (but without success) against the Turks to whom the Eastern Empire had fallen in 1453. Piero ...
Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children ...
Pope FrancisIn Dear Pope Francis, Pope Francis gives them that chance and celebrates their spiritual depth by directly answering questions from children around the world.
Contemporary German Plays I: Rolf Hochhuth, Heinar ...
More editionsThis volume includes the abridged New York stage version of Hocchuth's controversial The Deputy, which is about Pope Pius XII's failure to speak out against Nazi atrocities; In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kipphardt; and two plays ...
The Crusade in the Fifteenth Century: Converging and ...
PreviewSee now Karoline Dominika Döring, Türkenkrieg und Medienwandel im 15. Jahrhundert, Historische Studien, Bd 503 (Husum, 2013). Nancy Bisaha, 'Pope Pius II's Letter to Sultan Mehmed II: A Reexamination', Crusades 1 (2002), 183– 200; ...
Contemporary German Plays: The deputy:
Margaret Herzfeld-SanderThis volume includes the abridged New York stage version of Hocchuth's controversial The Deputy, which is about Pope Pius XII's failure to speak out against Nazi atrocities; In the Case of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kipphardt; and two plays ...
To Kill The Pope: An Ecclesiastical Thriller
Tad SzulcTo Kill the Pope is a fictional treatment of the real-life assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II. In the course of researching his acclaimed biography of the Pope, Tad Szulc uncovered the truth about the conspiracy.
Pope Francis: First Pope from the Americas
Stephanie WatsonLearn more about his beliefs and hobbiesincluding his interests in soccer and tango dancing. Find out the true story behind the man who became the 266th pope.
POPE PIUS XII AND WORLD WAR II: THE DOCUMENTED TRUTH: A ...
Gary L. KruppSee Livia Rothkirchen, The Destruction of Slovak Jewry (Yad Vashem: Jerusalem , 1961); Livia Rothkirchen, Vatican Policy and the “Jewish Problem” in “ Independent” Slovakia (1939–1945), VI Yad Vashem Studies 27–53 (1966); Livia ...
Pope Francis: Why He Leads the Way He Leads
Chris LowneyTIME Magazine’s Person of the Year: Pope Francis Learn about the First Jesuit Pope from America’s Leading Jesuit Publisher “Pope Francis by Chris Lowney is that rare and splendid work that leaves you keenly excited and spiritually ...
The Message of John Paul I.
Pope John Paul IHe was not to be a Pope of compromise. No, his program was to continue the work of his two predecessors whose names he chose for his own. This small volume contains a brief profile of his life and his 27 addresses as Pope.
The Works of Alexander Pope
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope. VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. UN JOUR DIT UN AUTEUR, etc. Once (says an Author, where I need not say) Two Trav'lers found an Oyster in their way ; Both fierce, both hungry; the dispute grew strong, While Scale in hand ...
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