The pope who would be king : the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe
by Kertzer, David I., 1948- (Author)
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. Full description
- 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.