The Bad Popes

E. R. Chamberlin

ISBN 10: 0880291168 / ISBN 13: 9780880291163

Published by Dorset Press, 1969

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Second printing. Volume is bound in quarter black cloth and light brown paper-covered boards, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition. Dust jacket displays light shelfwear. 310 pages. ".explores the lives, both private and public, of John XII, the dissolute Roman prince, Benedict IX, who subjected the Papacy to its greatest indignity; Boniface VIII, who carried the temporal claims of popes to supreme heights and was destroyed by them; Urban VI, the wild man from Naples, whose grotesque savageries widened and maintained the scandalous gap of the Great Schism; Alexander VI, who brought to the See of Peter the intrigues of the Borgia; Leo x, civilized, urbane, indifferent to the pleas of Augustinian preacher from the North, Martin Luther; and Clement VII, the unskillful fox, who fell, tricked by the Holy Roman Emperor, bringing down Rome itself." (Jacket blurb).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Bad Popes
• Publisher: Dorset Press
• Publication Date: 1969
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880291168
• ISBN 13: 9780880291163
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Let yourself be swept up by this colorful, panoramic story of seven men who ruled the Church of Rome at seven critical periods in the 600 years leading up to the Reformation. During this age of grandeur and corruption, popes led armies, made love and war, conspired for power, and armed themselves with the techniques of assassination and seduction while clothed with the authority of the Church. Dramatic accounts of these papal bad boys include: Urban VI, the wild man from Naples, whose grotesque savageries widened and maintained the scandalous gap of the Great Schism; Alexander VI, who brought to the See of Peter the intrigues of the Borgia; and Clement VII, the unskillful fox, whose fall brought down Rome itself. Profusely illustrated with architectural photographs and contemporary art from both Catholic and Protestant sources, this absorbing work vividly depicts the ecclesiastical corruptions which changed the course of history.