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... ambassadors and heads of states and dis- patching legates and nuncios on special missions . This power has led many to see the popes more as the " priests of princes " than as the " vicars of Christ . " From the eighth century on , the ...
... ambassador , Gi- acomo Navagero , described the new pontiff this way : " Caraffa is a pope of vi- olent and fiery temperament . He is too impetuous to manage the affairs of the Church and , of course , this aged pontiff does not ...
... ambassador reported , " Pius V is the pope whom the times require . " Philip II also approved of his ally's ascension to the Throne of St. Peter . His selection represented a victory for all the forces who wanted a pontiff who was ...
... ambassador . A precon- dition of this policy was to cut off the heads of all those who had defended the Reformation . Many of the Protestant bishops ( castigated by Mary as " bad shepherds who have led their flocks to damnation " ) were ...
... ambassador from Savoy.12 He was twenty - three years old and had round green eyes that caught the attention of a queen much attracted to men's appearances . Rizzio was skilled in music and poetry , in the lute and the making of verses ...
Contents
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Times of Action 15871605 | 50 |
New Horizons 16051644 | 65 |
Era of Expansion 16441691 | 81 |
Time of Intrigue 16911721 | 96 |
Some Brief Reigns 17211775 | 110 |
Rise of the Terror 19341940 | 229 |
The End of the ThousandYear Reich 19401945 | 247 |
Odessa and the Vatican Ratline 19461958 | 268 |
New Alliances 19581976 | 285 |
Vatican Inc and Gods Business 19761978 | 302 |
Time of the Assassins 19791982 | 318 |
The Polish Years 19822005 | 335 |
The Years to Come Benedict XVI | 352 |
The Rise and Fall of Eagles 17751823 | 124 |
An Era of Spies 18231878 | 140 |
The League of the Impious 18781914 | 160 |
The Horseman of the Apocalypse 19141917 | 177 |
Intriguing Toward Peace 19171922 | 197 |
Era of the Dictators 19221934 | 211 |
List of Popes Since the Creation of the Holy Alliance | 373 |
Notes | 375 |
Bibliography | 399 |
Archives Consulted | 407 |
Index | 409 |
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