Breakspear
The English Pope Who Went to War
2024
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New edition
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-750-6 (ISBN)
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80399-750-6 (ISBN)
The first biography in over a century of Adrian IV , the only English pope in the history of the Catholic Church
‘A highly lucid and readable account.’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘An impressive and absorbing book.’ – Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway
In over 2,000 years of Christianity, there has been only one pope from England: Nicholas Breakspear.
Breakspear was elected pope in 1154, but his story started long before that. The son of a local churchman near St Albans, he would battle his way across Europe to defend and develop Christianity, facing turmoil in Scandinavia and the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. But it was after he took the Throne of St Peter as Adrian IV that he would face his greatest threat: Frederick Barbarossa, who was determined to restore the Holy Roman Empire to its former greatness.
In Breakspear: The English Pope Who Went to War, R.A.J. Waddingham opens the archives to tell the story of a man who rose from humble beginnings to glorious power – and yet has been all but forgotten ever since.
‘A highly lucid and readable account.’ – Times Literary Supplement
‘An impressive and absorbing book.’ – Jonathan Phillips, Professor of Crusading History at Royal Holloway
In over 2,000 years of Christianity, there has been only one pope from England: Nicholas Breakspear.
Breakspear was elected pope in 1154, but his story started long before that. The son of a local churchman near St Albans, he would battle his way across Europe to defend and develop Christianity, facing turmoil in Scandinavia and the Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. But it was after he took the Throne of St Peter as Adrian IV that he would face his greatest threat: Frederick Barbarossa, who was determined to restore the Holy Roman Empire to its former greatness.
In Breakspear: The English Pope Who Went to War, R.A.J. Waddingham opens the archives to tell the story of a man who rose from humble beginnings to glorious power – and yet has been all but forgotten ever since.
R. A. J. Waddingham is a retired consulting actuary and an Honorary Fellow of Royal Holloway, University of London. He was awarded a CBE in the Birthday Honours of 2012 for services to pensions. In 2019 he completed a Graduate Certificate in Historical Research, with merit, at Birkbeck, University of London.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 06.11.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 8 Plates, color; 12 Illustrations, color |
| Verlagsort | Stroud |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-80399-750-8 / 1803997508 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-80399-750-6 / 9781803997506 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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