Popes, Cardinals and War: The Military Church in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe

by David S. Chambers

Can Christian clergy - supposedly men of peace - also be warriors? In this lively and compelling history D.S. Chambers examines the popes and cardinals over several centuries who not only preached war but also put it into practice as military leaders. Satirised by Erasmus, the most notorious - Julius II - was even refused entrance to heaven because he was 'bristling and clanking with bloodstained armour'. Popes, Cardinals and War investigates the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845111788
• ISBN13: 9781845111786
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.2"