Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950

Money and the Rise of the Modern Papacy: Financing the Vatican, 1850-1950

By John F Pollard

John Pollard, a leading historian of the papacy, explores the transformation of the Vatican into a major financial power and the part money played in the development of the modern papacy. Using hitherto unexplored sources, he sheds new light on tensions between the Vatican's engagement with capitalism and the Church's social teaching, and conflicts between the Vatican and the Allies during the Second World War and the early Cold War.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publish Date: 01/06/2005
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780521812047
ISBN-10: 0521812046
Language: English

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John Pollard, a leading historian of the papacy, explores the transformation of the Vatican into a major financial power and the part money played in the development of the modern papacy. Using hitherto unexplored sources, he sheds new light on tensions between the Vatican's engagement with capitalism and the Church's social teaching, and conflicts between the Vatican and the Allies during the Second World War and the early Cold War.

About the Author

John F. Pollard is a Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He is the author of The Vatican and Italian Fascism, 1929-32: A Study in Conflict (1985).

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