Download or read book The Papal Garrison Etc written by and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Pope s Soldiers written by David Alvarez and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most students of history assume that the age of the "warlord popes" ended with the Renaissance, but, long after the victory of Catholic powers at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, the Papacy continued to entangle itself in martial affairs. The Vatican participated in six major military campaigns between 1796 and 1870, flew the papal flag over a warship as late as 1878, and during the Second World War mobilized more than 2,000 of its own troops to defend the Pope. David Alvarez now opens up this little-known aspect of the Papacy in the first general history of the papal armed forces. His is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive chronicle of the modern Vatican's military and security forces from 1796, when the armies of revolutionary France invaded the Papal States, through the wars for unification, to the present-day deployment of modern weapons, technology, and skills to protect the Holy Father and the Vatican from terrorists and assassins. Most papal histories make little reference to military affairs, while the few that address them do so only in passing or focus narrowly on particular units or campaigns. Alvarez's history expands our understanding of the Papacy's military through the exceptional research he has done as the first American scholar to gain access to the archive of the Pontifical Swiss Guard and the modern military records in the Vatican Secret Archive. He is also the first historian of any nationality to use the records of the Vatican Gendarmeria. Alvarez chronicles the exploits of the Vatican's military leaders and soldiers in their campaigns and battles, focusing on how those units under the Pope's authority-including the Vatican navy-engaged in actual military operations. He also deals extensively with the Vatican Gendarmeria as well as the Pope's Noble Guards, Palatine Guards, and Swiss Guards, describing their distinctive responsibilities and revealing the competition and internal tensions that sometimes undermined the morale, preparedness, and cohesion of the Pope's guards. Filled with information that will surprise scholars of the Papacy and military historians alike, Alvarez's highly original work illuminates a shadowy corner of Vatican history and will fascinate all readers interested in the role of the church in the broader world.
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Download or read book The Pope s Legion written by Charles A. Coulombe and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-11-24 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles A. Coulombe's The Pope's Legion tells the amazing adventures of the remarkable multinational force that rallied in defense of the Vatican during the ten-year war of Italian reunification. With Arthurian grandeur the Papal Zouaves marched into Italy in the mid-nineteenth century, summoned by the Pope under siege as the Wars of the Risorgimento raged. Motivated by wanderlust, a sense of duty and the call of faith, some 20,000 Catholic men from around the world rallied to Vatican City to defend her gates against Sardinian marauders. Volunteers came from France, Belgium, Spain, Ireland, Austria, and many other countries, including the United States. The battles that ensued lasted over 10 years, among a shifting array of allies and enemies and are among history's most fascinating yet largely overlooked episodes. Napoleon, Pius IX, and Bismarck all make appearances in the story, but at the center were the Zouaves--steeped in a knightly code of honor, and unflinching in battle as any modern warrior--as the Church they vowed to defend to the death teetered at the brink of destruction.
Download or read book The History of the Popes written by Ludwig Freiherr von Pastor and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHELVED: 1st FLOOR REFERENCE--COUNTER HIGH SHELVING WEST SIDE.Missing v. 1, 17, and 38-40, (06-03).
Download or read book The history of the popes from the close of the middle ages written by Ludwig Pastor (freiherr von) and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages written by Ludwig Freiherr von Pastor and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of the Papacy from the Great Schism to the Sack of Rome written by Mandell Creighton and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy Including the Papal States Rome and the Cities of Etruria written by John Murray and published by . This book was released on 1843 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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