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Behind Locked Doors

E-BookPDF1 - PDF WatermarkE-Book
272 Seiten
Englisch
Palgrave Macmillan USerschienen am30.04.20162003
Since 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter's Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant politicking that goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel in this important and timely book.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextSince 1600, whenever a Pope dies, the Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church convene in Rome to elect a successor. The Papal Conclave is an event like no other. Highly secret and conducted behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, it happens about eight times every century. It is an event that has evolved over the centuries and is always filled with high drama: cardinals meeting en masse in their scarlet robes, throngs of the faithful standing watch in St. Peter's Square, the black or white smoke billowing from the chimney signalling the election of a new Pontiff Since secrecy was not heavily invoked until the twentieth century, there is a vast store of rich material to work from and Fred Baumgartner uses it to its utmost detailing the bickering and blatant politicking that goes on behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel in this important and timely book.
Details
Weitere ISBN/GTIN9781137110145
ProduktartE-Book
EinbandartE-Book
FormatPDF
Format Hinweis1 - PDF Watermark
FormatE107
Erscheinungsjahr2016
Erscheinungsdatum30.04.2016
Auflage2003
Seiten272 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
IllustrationenXV, 272 p.
Artikel-Nr.5022647
Rubriken
Genre9200

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
From Apostle to Pope Election by the College of Cardinals The Creation of the Conclave Conclaves during The Great Schism Conclaves in the Renaissance Conclaves in the Reformation Era Conclaves in the Baroque Era Conclaves in the Age of Absolutism Conclaves in the Nineteenth Century Conclaves in the Twentieth Century And On Into The Third Millenniummehr

Autor

FREDERIC J. BAUMGARTNER is Professor of History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg. He is the author of many books including Louis XII, France in the Sixteenth Century and Longing for the End.