A dark history : the Popes : vice, murder and corruption in the Vatican

260 Pages·2011·25.94 MB·English

by  Brenda Ralph

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A DARK HISTORY:
H E OPES
VICE, MURDER, AND CORRUPTION IN THE VATICAN
BRENDA RALPH LEWIS
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER I
THE CADAVER SYNOD, THE RULE OF THE HARLOTS,
AND OTHER VATICAN SCANDALS 8
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CHAPTER2
GENOCIDE: THE CATHARS, PART I 36
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CHAPTER3
GENOCIDE: THE CATHARS, PART II 64
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CHAPTER4
POPES AND WITCHES 94
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CHAPTERS
124
THE BORGIAS
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CHAPTER 6
156
THE GALILEO AFFAIR
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CHAPTER 7
180
THE PRISONER OF THE VATICAN, PART I
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CHAPTERS
THE PRISONER OF THE VATICAN, PART II 206
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CHAPTER9
224
THE POPE AND THE NAZIS
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252
INDEX AND PICTURE CREDITS