The pope who would be king: the exile of Pius IX and the emergence of modern Europe

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Kertzer, David I

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Random House

Pub. Date

2018.

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English

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9780812989915

Table of Contents

From the Book - First edition.

Part one: The beloved

The conclave

The fox and the crow

An impossible dilemma

Papal magic

The tide turns

Fending off disaster

The assassination

The escape

Part two: The reviled

The reactionary turn

Revolution

Pressuring the Pope

The friendly army

The French attack

Negotiating in bad faith

Battling for Rome

The conquest

The occupation

Part thee: The feared

Applying the brakes

Louis Napoleon and the Pope

The unpopular Pope

"Those wicked enemies of God"

Returning to Rome

Epilogue.

Subjects

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Europe -- Church history -- 19th century
Europe -- Politics and government -- 1848-1871
Pius -- IX, -- Pope, -- 1792-1878

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