The Lives of the Popes, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Lives of the Popes, Vol. 4 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Lives of the Popes, Vol. 4 From the commencement of the re - action which followed so swiftly on the great Reformation, the character of the Roman pontiffs underwent a remarkable change. Men of activity and energy, not mere men of pleasure, were now chosen to steer through troubled waters the bark of St. Peter. Attention was paid not only to the personal influence, but also to the personal qualities of a candidate for the tiara. Hardly would a Leo X., much less an Alexander VL, have now succeeded in winning the suf frages of the conclave. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.