Tag: Pius

Free Download P. O’Shea, "A Cross Too Heavy: Pope Pius XII and the Jews of Europe"
English | ISBN: 0230110800 | 2011 | 284 pages | EPUB | 437 KB
The papacy of Pius XII (1939-1958) has been a source of near-constant criticism and debate since his death, particularly because of his alleged silence during the Holocaust. Paul O’Shea examines his little-studied pre-papal life to demonstrate that Pius was neither an anti-Semitic villain nor a ‘lamb without stain.’

Free Download Ambrogio A. Caiani, "To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII"
English | ISBN: 0300251335 | 2021 | 376 pages | AZW3 | 6 MB
A groundbreaking account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Pope Pius VII, and the kidnapping that would forever divide church and state

Free Download The Reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, AD 138-161 by John S McHugh
English | October 7, 2022 | ISBN: 1526773988 | 256 pages | MOBI | 19 Mb
The reign of Antoninus Pius is widely seen as the apogee of the Roman Empire yet, due to gaps in the historical sources, his reign has been overlooked by modern historians. He is considered one of the five good emperors of the Antonine dynasty under whom the pax Romana enabled the empire to prosper, trade to flourish and culture to thrive. His reign is considered a Golden Age but this was partly an image created by imperial propaganda. There were serious conflicts in North Africa and Dacia, as well as a major revolt in Britain. On his death the empire stood on the cusp of the catastrophic invasions and rebellions that marked the reign of his successor Marcus Aurelius.