Monday, July 11, 2011

'Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy' By JOHN JULIUS NORWICH


2,000 Years of Popes, Sacred and Profane
Reviewed by BILL KELLER - New York Times


John Julius Norwich's popular history of the papacy finds that the truly great popes were outnumbered by the corrupt, the inept, the venal, the lecherous and the mediocre.

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