The Pope's Army: The Papacy in Diplomacy and War

by John Carr and John car

For much of its 2,000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church was a formidable political and military power, in contrast to its pacifist origins and its present concentration on spiritual matters. The period of political and military activism can be dated to roughly between 410, when Pope Innocent I vainly tried to avert the sack of Rome by the Visigoths, and about 1870, when Pope Pius IX was abandoned by his protectors, the French Army, and forced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526714892
• ISBN13: 9781526714893
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"