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Royal, Robert

 
9780824523954: Pope's Army: 500 Years of the Papal Swiss Guard
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ISBN 10: 0824523954 ISBN 13: 9780824523954
Editorial: Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S., 2006

Sinopsis

With the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the world witnessed the pomp and honor of the Swiss Guard, the ""Pope’s Army."" Now best-selling author and Crisis columnist Robert Royal takes us through the colorful 500-year history of the military guard that has witnessed every major Vatican event for half a millennium. Topics include: origins; five hundred years of fortitude; the Medici Popes; the sack of Rome; siege, dissolution, rebirth and the Napoleonic war; the unification of Italy; the Pope’s imprisonment; two World Wars; the Nazi occupation of Rome.

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Acerca del autor

Robert Royal is president of the Faith & Reason Institute in Washington, DC. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the Catholic University of America. He has written, edited or translated over a dozen books, and he lectures frequently on ethics, culture, religion and politics.

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Editorial
Crossroad Publishing Co ,U.S.
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0824523954
ISBN 13 
9780824523954
Encuadernación
Tapa dura
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
224
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