Ten Popes Who Shook the World

Eamon Duffy

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Yale University
14 October 2011

Religion & beliefs; Church history; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian leaders & leadership

Of all the men who have served the Catholic Church as pope, who were the ten most influential?

The Bishops of Rome have been Christianity's most powerful leaders for nearly two millennia, and their influence has extended far beyond the purely spiritual. The popes have played a central role in the history of Europe and the wider world, not only shouldering the spiritual burdens of their ancient office, but also in contending with - and sometimes precipitating - the cultural and political crises of their times. In an acclaimed series of BBC radio broadcasts Eamon Duffy explored the impact of ten popes he judged to be among 'the most influential in history'. With this book, readers may now also enjoy Duffy's portraits of ten exceptional men who shook the world.

The book begins with St Peter, the Rock upon whom the Catholic Church was built, and follows with Leo the Great (fifth century), Gregory the Great (sixth century), Gregory VII (eleventh century), Innocent III (thirteenth century), Paul III (sixteenth century), and Pius IX (nineteenth century). Among twentieth-century popes, Duffy examines the lives and contributions of Pius XII, who was elected on the eve of the Second World War, the kindly John XXIII, who captured the world's imagination, and John Paul II, the first non-Italian pope in 450 years. Each of these ten extraordinary individuals, Duffy shows, shaped their own worlds, and in the process, helped to create ours.

By: Eamon Duffy
Imprint: Yale University
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 21mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9780300176889
ISBN 10: 0300176880
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 14 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Eamon Duffy is professor of the history of Christianity, Cambridge University, and fellow and former president of Magdalene College. He is the author of many prizewinning books, among them Fires of Faith, Marking the Hours, and Saints and Sinners, all available from Yale University Press. He lives in Cambridge, UK.

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[P]erceptive and persuasive . . . Duffy offers brief, lucid narratives and convincing interpretations of the considerable significance of each of the ten popes included. --W.L. Pitts Jr./i>--W.L. Pitts Jr. Choice

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