The history of the popes, from the close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the secret archives of the Vatican and other original sources Volume 22

The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages #22

by Ludwig von Pastor

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496 pages, Paperback

First published July 21, 2015

About the author

Ludwig 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.