Saints and Sinners
A History of the Popes
2nd Edition
Published on 10. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-300-09165-6 (ISBN)
Description
This study encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly 2000 years ago, to the reign of Pope John Paul II. In this edition, Eamon Duffy has revised and updated the final chapter on 20th-century popes and added a supplement on how the next pope will be elected.
Reviews / Votes
"A minor masterpiece which is everything good, popular history ought to be... The most comprehensive single-volume history of the popes in print." John Adamson, Sunday Telegraph "Duffy enlivens the long march through church history with anecdotes that bring the different pontiffs to life... Saints and Sinners is a remarkable achievement." Piers Paul Read, The Times "The best one-volume history of the papacy ever written." T. F. X. Noble "A distinguished text... offering plenty of historical facts and sobering, valuable judgments." Henry Chadwick, New York Times Book Review "Will intrigue the faithful as well as the skeptical." Economist "A wonderful history of the popes... a book that will fascinate anyone wishing to better understand the history of the Catholic Church and the forces that have shaped the role of the papacy." Gloria J. Tysl, Christian CenturyMore details
Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles (chiefly colour), colour maps, portraits (some colour)
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 126 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-300-09165-6 (9780300091656)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
11/2014
4th Edition
Yale University Press
€21.50
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Person
Eamon Duffy, President of Magdalene College, Cambridge, is also the author of The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580 (0 300 06076 9, pb. [pound]13.95*) and The Voices of Morebath (0 300 09185 0, [pound]16.95*), both published by Yale University Press.