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Emma Fattorini - Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech That was Never Made - 9780745644882 - V9780745644882
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Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech That was Never Made

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Description for Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech That was Never Made Hardback. * The book is a remarkable piece of modern history which tells the story - for the first time - of a speech that was written by Pope Pius XI in 1939 in which he was intending to speak out against Mussolini and the Fascists and condemn anti-Semitism. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 584.

The Vatican against Nazism and Fascism on the eve of the Second World War. A tired pope watching the crisis unfold and considering what action to take against the new enemies of Christianity.

Pius XI died on 10 February 1939, just after having finished writing the address he hoped to deliver to the Italian bishops on the tenth anniversary of the Lateran Pact. That text dealt harshly with Nazism and Fascism and was written in solitude. It was a discourse that Mussolini feared and that the pope did not survive to deliver.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745644882
SKU
V9780745644882
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Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Emma Fattorini
EMMA FATTORINI is Professor of Modern History at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza'.

Reviews for Hitler, Mussolini and the Vatican: Pope Pius XI and the Speech That was Never Made
"Simply put, this is the most thorough and best documented study yet to appear on Pius XI." America Magazine "This excellent new book unearths and magisterially exposes new evidence - a key document for those interested in Europe's turbulent pre-war history." Hugh O'Shaughnessy, Review 31 "A first-rate study." American Historical Review "Now the most ... Read more

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