Breakspear: The English Pope

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Synopsis
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 war 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, 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.
Copyright:
2022

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
320 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781803991412
Related ISBNs:
9780750999540
Publisher:
The History Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
R. A. J. Waddingham
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
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Bookshare Staff
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