Priests, Prelates and People: A History of European Catholicism Since 1750

by Nicholas Atkin and Frank Tallett

Book Overview

Nicholas Atkin and Frank Tallett offer the first one-volume historical overview of European Catholicism from the 18th century to 2002. The authors record the Church struggling to adapt to the new political landscape ushered in by the French Revolution and show how the formation of nation states and identities was both helped and hindered by the Catholic establishment. They portray the Vatican increasingly out of step in the wake of world war, Cold...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195219872
• ISBN13: 9780195219876
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"