Description
Summary: | This volume is the first major study of the papacy as a managerial structure that has evolved over two thousand years. Special emphasis is placed on the environments in which the Church functioned and in which it had to reach uneasy compromises. The volume is both scholarly and very readable.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 615 pages) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-602) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780739171332 073917133X |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |