Prisoner of the Vatican
Subtitle: the popes' secret plot to capture Rome from the new Italian state
By: David I. Kertzer.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Pius IX, Pope, 1792-1878.; Leo XIII, Pope, 1810-1903.; Garibaldi, Giuseppe, 1807-1882.; Roman question.; Popes -- Temporal power.; Church and state -- Italy.; Rome (Italy) -- Annexation to Italy, 1870.; Rome (Italy) -- History -- 1870-1945.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 334-342) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Italy's Birth and Near Demise; title: Destroying the Papal States; title: The Pope Becomes Infallible; title: The Last Days of Papal Rome; title: Conquering the Holy City; title: The Leonine City; title: The Reluctant King; title: Pius IX in Exile Again?; title: The Papal Martyr; title: Anticlericalism in Rome; title: Two Deaths; title: Picking a New Pope; title: Keeping the Bishops in Line; title: The Pope's Body; title: Rumors of a French Conspiracy; title: Preparing for Exile; title: Hopes Dashed; title: The Bishops' Lament; title: Fears of a European War; title: Giordano Bruno's Revenge; title: The Pope's Secret Plan; title: Epilogue: Italy and the Pope