Keepers of the Keys of Heaven
A History of the Papacy
$55.36
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
30 April 2010
Summary
Few human institutions have survived so long and played a continuously important role in world history and affairs than the Papacy. From the time of St Peter to the present day, this establishment has sought to make sense of contemporary issues. Its story is a long and complicated one, full of incident, ideas and the interplay of personalities.
In this masterful single volume, eminent scholar Roger Collins offers an account of the entire arc of papal history, describing how its author…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753826959 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075382695X |
| Author: | Roger Collins |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 30 April 2010 |
| Weight: | 520g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 136mm x 40mm |
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Critics Review
Few historians write as engagingly and wittily as Roger Collins. This is a wonderful, magnificent account of an institution that has touched the lives of millions and still does. - Alexander McCall Smith.
Always accessible…impeccably fair and even detached when it comes to analysing controversial actions…[A] vast and admirable tome. - Sunday Times.About The Author
Roger Collins
Roger Collins was born in London and educated at Oxford. A distinguished religious scholar who has published widely on medieval Europe, he is an Honorary Fellow at Edinburgh University and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He lives in Edinburgh.
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