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The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages #32
The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume 32: Drawn from the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources
Excerpt from The History of the Popes, Vol. 32: From the Close of the Middle Ages, Drawn From the Secret Archives of the Vatican and Other Original Sources; From the German of the Late Ludwig, Freiherr Von Pastor
In view of Clement X's great age, the Cardinals who entered the conclave in the first days of August 1676, had been concerned for some time already with the election of a new Pope. There exist memorandums from as far back as the year 1672 about the candidates who were considered to have a chance of securing the triple crown, though several of their number had died in the meantime and others, who were not mentioned then, had since come into the foreground. It was impossible to make a sure prophecy about any of the many candidates, for none of the parties disposed of the power of exclusion and still less of that of inclusion; hence it was necessary to reckon with a long conclave.
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In view of Clement X's great age, the Cardinals who entered the conclave in the first days of August 1676, had been concerned for some time already with the election of a new Pope. There exist memorandums from as far back as the year 1672 about the candidates who were considered to have a chance of securing the triple crown, though several of their number had died in the meantime and others, who were not mentioned then, had since come into the foreground. It was impossible to make a sure prophecy about any of the many candidates, for none of the parties disposed of the power of exclusion and still less of that of inclusion; hence it was necessary to reckon with a long conclave.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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First published August 4, 2015
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Ludwig von Pastor
101 books3 followersLudwig Pastor, later Ludwig von Pastor, Freiherr von Campersfelden (31 January 1854 – 30 September 1928), was a German historian and a diplomat for Austria. He became one of the most important Roman Catholic historians of his time and is most notable for his History of the Popes. He was raised to the nobility by the Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1908. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times.
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