Man of the Century
Man of the Century

Author: Jonathan Kwitny

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company

Published: 1997-09-15

Total Pages: 768

ISBN-13: 9780805026887

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Publishers Weekly Book of the Year Booklist Editor's Choice, 1997

Lives of the Popes
Lives of the Popes

Author: Platina

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 9780674028197

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Bartolomeo Platina (1421-1481), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library. A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist academies of Cardinal Bessarion and Pomponio Leto, and was twice imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II. Returning to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, he composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and became the standard reference work on papal history for early modern Europe, reprinted dozens of times and translated into a number of languages. A characteristic work of Renaissance humanism, it used Christian antiquity as a standard against which to criticize modern churchmen. This edition contains the first complete translation into English and an improved Latin text. Volume 1, the first of a projected four, covers the period from the founding of the church through ad 461.

Sex Lives of the Popes
Sex Lives of the Popes

Author: Nigel Cawthorne

Publisher: Trafalgar Square Publishing

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13:

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An irreverent expose of the Bishops of Rome from St. Peter to the present day.

John Paul II
John Paul II

Author: The Chicago Tribune

Publisher: Triumph Books (IL)

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13:

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This multimedia coffee-table book/CD-ROM package is the only one of its kind to honor in exquisite detail the remarkable, historical papacy of Pope John Paul II. Through hundreds of rare and archival photographs, extensive video footage, and decades' worth of reporting and interviews, John Paul II: The Epic Life of a Pilgrim Pope is the definitive tribute to the man and his legacy. The book is a captivating pictorial record of the pontiff's life and reign, with hundreds of photos, interviews, and firsthand news accounts of the most significant events of the Pope's quarter century in power. World leaders such as President George H.W. Bush, Lech Walesa, and many others share their experiences with Pope John Paul II and reflect on the impact of his papacy. The companion CD-ROM is divided into nine comprehensive segments that chronicle a specific time period in the papacy of Pope John Paul II, and features thousands of photographs, video footage, published newspaper and magazine articles, and original text written and compiled by the Chicago Tribune's award-winning editorial and design staffs.