Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy - Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950

Informationen zum Autor John F. Pollard is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32: A Study in Conflict (1985). Klappentext This the first scholarly study of the finances and financiers of the Vatican between 1850 and 1950. Zusammenfassung This is a pioneering study of the finances and financiers of the Vatican between 1850 and 1950. Dr Pollard charts the Papacy's gradual transformation into a major financial power and the conflicts this produced both with the Church's social teaching and then with the Allies during World War II. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. The reign of Pius IX: Vatican finances before and after the fall of Rome (1850-1878); 3. The Pontificate of Leo XIII (1878-1903); 4. Vatican finances under the 'Peasant Pope', Pius X (1903-1914); 5. 'The great charitable lord'?: Vatican finances under Benedict XV (1914-1922); 6. 'Economical and prudent bourgeois'?: Pius XI, 1922-1929; 7. The Wall Street crash and Vatican finances in the early 1930s; 8. Vatican finances in an age of global consolidation, 1933-1939; 9. Vatican finances in the reign of Pius XII: the Second World War and the early Cold War, 1939-1950; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: John F. Pollard, John F. (University of Cambridge) Pollard, John Francis Pollard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.12.2008
• EAN: 9780521092111
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09211-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; 20th Century, RELIGION / Christianity / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Christian leaders & leadership, Religious and spiritual figures, RELIGION / Christian Living / Leadership & Mentoring