The pope's soldiers
a military history of the modern Vatican
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Author
Publication
2011 - University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kan, Kansas
Language
English
Word Count
111,000 words, Guess
Page Count
444 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780700617708
- ISBN-100700617701
- Library of Congress Control Number2010054019
- OCLC Control Number681500334
- Better World Books9780700617708
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24792108M
Classifications
- DDC355.009456/34
- LCCUA749.5 .A48 2011
- LCCUA749.5.A48 2011
Description
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. --from publisher description.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Modern war studies
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