Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich

Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy

John Julius Norwich

528 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction biography history religion challenging informative slow-paced

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In a chronicle that captures nearly two thousand years of inspiration and intrigue, John Julius Norwich recounts in riveting detail the histories of the most significant popes and what they meant politically, culturally, and socially to Rome and t...

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