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001			ocm62322273
003			OCoLC
005			20180722224115.0
008			051109s2006 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2005032734
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020			_a9780824523954 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0824523954 _q(hardcover)
020			_a9780824520588 _q(paperback)
020			_a0824520580 _q(paperback)
035			_a(OCoLC)62322273
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092			_a355.0094 _bR888
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aRoyal, Robert, _d1949- _9326110
245	1	4	_aThe Pope's army : _b500 years of the Papal Swiss Guard / _cRobert Royal.
260			_aNew York : _bCrossroad Pub., _c©2006.
300			_axi, 210 pages : _bcolor illustrations ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.
505	0		_aFive hundred years of fortitude. A modern corps -- The long papacy and the 2005 conclave -- The modernized conclave -- Becoming a Swiss Guard -- Legal status in the Vatican -- Die Vereidigung (swearing-in ceremony) -- "Defenders of the church's liberty" : Pope Julius II and the origins of the Guard. A weakened papacy -- Swiss independence and papal independence -- The rise of mercenaries -- Julius calls on the Swiss -- The first recruits -- The Swiss and papal politics -- Consolidation and trial : the Medici Popes, the Guard, and the sack of Rome. Years of turmoil -- Changes in Swiss policies at home and abroad -- Renewed Swiss commitment to the Pope -- Kaspar Röist's reform of the Guard -- Leo X's death and its consequences -- Pope Adrian VI and early Reformation politics -- Clement VII and the first threats to Rome -- Charles V's moves in Italy -- The Colonna and the first sack of Rome -- Zurich's recall of the Swiss -- The 1527 sack of Rome -- Siege, dissolution, rebirth. A Renaissance fortress and palace -- The atmosphere during the siege -- The spectacle of Benvenuto Cellini -- Imperial fury unleashed -- Damage to Charles V's reputation -- The disbanding of the Swiss Guard -- Silence about the sack in Switzerland -- Renewed spirit in Switzerland -- Commandant Jost von Meggen -- Two reforming popes -- Von Meggen as diplomat -- Years of peace, and Napoleonic war -- Kaspar Leo von Silenen's command -- The talented Jost Segesser -- The Swiss and the Battle of Lepanto -- A long, uneventful period -- Years of peace and the Altishofen dynasty -- The popes, the Swiss Guard, and the French Revolution -- Another restoration -- The Guard during the unification of Italy and the Pope's imprisonment in the Vatican. The Pope's escape to Gaeta -- Meyer and the Guard prior to 1849 -- Commandant Martin Pfyffer -- Meyer's appointment to command -- The end of the papal states -- The Swiss and the "prisoner of the Vatican" -- The close of the nineteenth century -- The Guard during the two world wars and the German occupation of Rome. World War I and two Swiss anniversaries -- The new legal situation -- The Swiss under the concordat -- The German occupation of Rome -- A Swiss Guard's firsthand account -- Kidnapping the pope? -- The final assault and the liberation of Rome -- Modern times. Contemporary threats -- An unfortunate interlude -- New directions.
610	1	0	_aVatican City. _bGuardia svizzera pontificia _xHistory. _9326111
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