Saints & sinners
Subtitle: a history of the Popes
By: Eamon Duffy.
Edition: [2nd ed.]
Series: Yale Nota bene
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 462
Subjects: Catholic Church -- History; Papacy -- History
Other titles: Saints and sinners.
Description: "This book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II. In this edition, Duffy has revised and updated the final chapter on twentieth-century Popes and added a supplement on the method by which the next Pope will be elected."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [418]-444) and index.