Saints and Sinners. A History of the Popes by Duffy, Eamon - 2009

Yale University Press. Good. 1999. Paperback. 0300077998 . Unmarked book, cover wear ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

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Yale University Press 1997 (corrected reprint). 27 x 20cm, 326pp, b&w and colour illustrations, hardcover in dustjacket, good+ History of the papacy from its origins to John Paul II, chronology, bibliographical essay and glossary.

New Haven, USA : Yale University Pressin assoc. with S4C, 1997. Reprinted with corrections. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Back endpapers only are slghtly foxed. Edges very slightly spotted or marked This text encompasses the history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly 2000 years ago to the reign of Pope John Paul II. It is a book that should interest anyone wishing to understand the history of the Catholic church, as well as anyone with an interest in the ideological, political, and cultural forces that have shaped the modern world. Eamon Duffy traces the process by which Peter, the humble fisherman of Galilee, became the figurehead and basis for an institution that outlived not only the Roman and Byzantine empires but also those of Carolingian Gaul, medieval Germany, Spain, Britain, the Third Reich of Hitler and most recently… Read More

USA/London: Yale University Press. Paperback. Saints and Sinners. A History of the Popes. This engrossing book encompasses the extraordinary history of the papacy, from its beginnings nearly two thousand years ago to the present day in this new edition, the final chapter has been expanded to cover the last years of John Paul II and the election of Benedict XVI. Illustrated. 474 pp. . Very Good. Paperback. Third Edition Revised. 2006.

New Haven.: Yale University Press. , 1997.. Revised edition.. Soft cover. . Fine copy. . 4to.. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

New Haven, Yale University Press, 1997.. x+326pp. 4to. Original boards in dustwrapper. Numerous colour and black and white illustrations; a near fine copy. . First edition. The scarcer hardcover issue..

New Haven, Yale University Press, reprinted 1997.. x+326pp. 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper, b&w and colour illustrations, a fine copy.

Yale University Press, 1997. 1st edn. 4to. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG). Pp. 326, illus throughout with coloured plates (previous owner's neat inscription on front paste-down).

Yale Univ.Press., 1997.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 326pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Fine. 1st ed. The extraordinary history of the Papacy, from its beginnings nearly 2000 years ago up to the reign of John Paul II.