A History of the Popes 1830-1914

by Owen Chadwick

Overview

Could a Pope ever consent to be the subject of a political power? Chadwick presents an analysis of the causes and consequences of the end of the historic Papal State, and the psychological pressures upon old Rome as it came under attack from the Italian Risorgimento; and not only from Italy, but from liberal movements in Germany, France, Spain, and Portugal, as well as Tsarist Russia as it oppressed its Polish subjects. If a united Italy was to be achieved, the State would have to disappear. These pressures caused Popes to resist "the world" rather than to try to influence it, to make the Vatican more of a sanctuary behind high walls, and to preach the more otherworldly aspects of Catholic faith. At the same time they met new moral demands: the rights of the laborer in industry, divorce, and toleration—which they could confront because the Revolution had destroyed the powers of the Catholic kings over their churches. Thus, Chadwick points out, Catholic authority could be far more centralized in Rome.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198269229
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	07/16/1998
Series:	Oxford History of the Christian Church
Pages:	624
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.88(h) x 1.45(d)
Lexile:	1210L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1. Gregory XVI2. A Liberal Pope, 1846-18483. Catholic Power4. The Making of Italy5. The Need for a Council6. The Prisoner of the Vatican7. Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903)8. Pope Pius X (1903-1914)9. Nationality and Religion: Tyrol and Poland10. Nationality and Religion: Spain11. Nationality and Religion: Portugal12. The Religious13. Catholic Universities14. The Idea of Reunion15. Saints in the Modern World

Editorial Reviews

"...this book will benefit students, scholars and serious readers of ecclesiastical history....This book should remain a standard in the field of papal studies for years to come."—History

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