David kertzer, whose book won the pulitzer prize, is an authority on jewish. The gripping story of pope pius xis secret relations with italian dictator benito mussolini. The secret history of pius xi and the rise of fascism in europe, has been dubbed a sophisticated blockbuster by historian joseph ellis. Father pietro tacchi venturi, piuss personal emissary to the dictator, a wily antisemite known as mussolini s rasputin. Sensing the popes unease with mussolini, tacchiventuri negotiated a secret agreement in august 1938 whereby mussolini guaranteed the integrity of catholic action and, in return, tacchiventuri. The pope and mussolini is david kertzers fascinating account of the secret dealings between the italian dictator and pius xi. His the kidnapping of edgardo mortara was a finalist for the national book award in 1997. Pdf the pope and mussolini download full pdf book download. The pope and mussolini is a riveting account of the parallel rise to power of the authoritarian scholarly vatican librarian who became pope pius xi and the narcissistic son of a socialist blacksmith. Pope and mussolini tells the secret history of fascism npr. The pope and mussolini download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi.
The book marvelously illustrates the larger issues as they played out on very personal levels, from vatican backstabbing to mussolinis family relationships. This is the compelling story of pope pius xis secret relations with benito mussolini. Victor emmanuel iii, the king of italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the statureliterally and. In exchange for vatican support, mussolini restored many of the privileges the church had lost and gave in to the popes demands that the police enforce catholic morality. The book tells the gripping story of pope pius xis secret relations with italian dictator benito mussolini. A groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the vatican and fascist archives by us national book awardfinalist david kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the vaticans role in.
The book unravels for the first time the key role played between pope and dictator by the shadowy jesuit gobetween, dubbed mussolini s rasputin. Thoroughly researched and paced like a thriller, the pope and mussolini demonstrates the complicit approval the papacy gave to mussolinis fascist regime. Pope pius xi and the speech that was never made is an english translation published in 2011 of a book first published in 2007 by emma fattorini, professor of modern history at the university of rome. Hitlers pope is a book published in 1999 by the british journalist and author john cornwell that examines the actions of eugenio pacelli, who became pope pius xii, before and during the nazi era, and explores the charge that he assisted in the legitimization of adolf hitlers nazi regime in germany, through the pursuit of a reichskonkordat in. Even mussolinis suppression of the popes darling catholic action youth groups did not fray collaboration between them to marginalize italian protestants and jews, until pius grew ill and it was too late to change course. The compelling story of pope pius xis secret relations with benito mussolini. Victor emmanuel iii, the king of italy, an object of widespread derision who lacked the stature. Pope and mussolini tells the secret history of fascism. David kertzer, professor of anthropology and italian studies at brown university and faculty fellow at the watson institute, on why you should read his book. Yet in the last years of his lifeas the italian dictator grew ever closer to hitlerthe pontiffs faith in this treacherous bargain started to waver. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Mussolini had shown no signs in his early career of wanting to revive the catholic churchs fortunes in fact as he started off as a socialist, the opposite was true.
Kevin madigan, winn professor of ecclesiastical history, harvard university the pope and mussolini tells the story of two remarkable men, achille ratti, pope pius xi, and benito mussolini, duce of fascism. When the pulitzer prizes were announced this week, the award for biography went to david kertzer for his book the pope and mussolini. The secret history of pius xi and the rise of fascism in europe is a 2014 pulitzer prize winner biography of pope pius xi about his relations with benito mussolini and rise of fascism in europe by david kertzer. Kertzer comes the gripping story of pope pius xis secret relations with italian dictator benito mussolini. The pope and mussolini brims with memorable portraits of the men who helped enable the reign of fascism in italy. The secret history of pius xi and the rise of fascism in europe by david i.
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