PETER NICHOLS - The Politics of the Vatican
London England, Pall Mall Press, 1968. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0269673423 Harback Hardback. Wear and tear to edges of D/J. Price clipped to D/J. Slight foxing to edge. The author traces the main lines of the political history of the Papacy from the time of Constantine to the present day. He deails in particular detail with the period after 1870, when the temporal power was abolished by the newly united Italian state, and examines the personalities and policies of the popes of the twenthieth century. He descriebes the growth of modern Papacy and its Curia, analysing the structure of the central government of the Church, the agencies of polict-making and the Vatican's political standpoint on specific issues. 373 pp. ( We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. and scholarly books etc.) .
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