TY - BOOK AU - Duffy,Eamon TI - Ten popes who shook the world SN - 9780300184273 AV - BX955.3 .D84 2011eb U1 - 282.092/2 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New Haven [Conn.] PB - Yale University Press KW - Catholic Church KW - History KW - Église catholique KW - Histoire KW - fast KW - Papacy KW - Biography KW - Church history KW - Papauté KW - Biographies KW - Église KW - church history KW - aat KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Catholic KW - bisacsh KW - Christian Church KW - Electronic books KW - lcgft KW - rvmgf N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; St Peter -- Leo the Great -- Gregory the Great -- Gregory VII -- Innocent III -- Paul III -- Pio Nono -- Pius XII -- John XXIII -- John Paul II N2 - 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 thehistory 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=409747 ER -