The Pope's Army: 500 Years of the Papal Swiss Guard
With the election of Pope Benedict XVI, the world witnessed the pomp and honor of the Swiss Guard, the "Pope’s Army." Now best-selling author and Crisis columnist Robert Royal takes us through the colorful 500-year history of the military guard that has witnessed every major Vatican event for half a millennium. Topics include: origins; five hundred years of fortitude; the Medici Popes; the sack of Rome; siege, dissolution, rebirth and the Napoleonic war; the unification of Italy; the Pope’s imprisonment; two World Wars; the Nazi occupation of Rome.
- Author
- Robert Royal
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Herder Herder
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780824523954
- Genres
- history, religion, historical
- Release date
- 2006
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