Description
| Product ID: | 9780140266818 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Hitler's Pope |
| Subtitle: | The Secret History of Pius XII |
| Authors: | Author: John Cornwell |
| Page Count: | 464 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, European history, Second World War, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Christianity, European history, Second World War, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Christian leaders & leadership, Germany, 20th century |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Discusses the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII. This book shows how in 1933 Hitler became his negotiating partner, an agreement was arranged that granted religious and financial payments to the Catholic Church in exchange for their withdrawal from political privilege, ensuring the rise of Nazism. Backed by a wealth of new research, John Cornwell tells for the first time the story of the World War II career of Eugenio Pacelli, the man who was Pope Pius XII, arguably the most dangerous churchman in modern history. In the first decade of the century, as a brilliant young Vatican lawyer, Pacelli helped shape a new ideology of unprecedented papal power in Germany. In 1933 Hitler became his negotiating partner, an agreement was arranged that granted religious and financial payments to the Catholic Church in exchange for their withdrawal from social and political privillage, ensuring the rise of Nazism. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-10-26 |