Politics and the Papacy in the Modern World

by Frank J. Coppa

Book Overview

The outbreak of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution at the turn of the nineteenth century transformed the world and ushered in the modern age, whose currents challenged the traditional political order and the prevailing religious establishment. The new secular framework presented a potential threat to the papal leadership of the Catholic community, which was profoundly affected by the rush towards modernization. In the nineteenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027599029X
• ISBN13: 9780275990299
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"