The Bad Popes
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The Bad Popes '' is a 1969 book by E. R. Chamberlin documenting the lives of eight of the most controversial
pope s (papal years in parentheses):
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Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who
exhumed and tried his dead predecessor
Pope Formosus .
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Pope John XII (955–964), who murdered several people.
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Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who was accused of selling the Papacy.
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Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who regularly interfered in the politics of neighboring kingdoms.
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Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who tortured
Cardinals who had conspired against him.
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Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), who, besides being openly
promiscuous , was found guilty of
nepotism .
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Pope Leo X (1513–1521), who once spent 1/7 of the Papal reserves on a single ceremony, leading
Martin Luther to publish the
95 Theses and spark the
Protestant Reformation .
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Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), whose power-politicking led to the
Sack of Rome .
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''The Bad Popes'' is a 1969 book by E. R. Chamberlin documenting the lives of eight of the most controversial popes (papal years in parentheses):
* Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who exhumed and tried his dead predecessor Pope Formosus.
* Pope John XII (955–964), who murdered several people.
* Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who was accused of selling the Papacy.
* Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who regularly interfered in the politics of neighboring kingdoms.
* Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who tortured Cardinals who had conspired against him.
* Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), who, besides being openly promiscuous, was found guilty of nepotism.
* Pope Leo X (1513–1521), who once spent 1/7 of the Papal reserves on a single ceremony, leading Martin Luther to publish the 95 Theses and spark the Protestant Reformation.
* Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), whose power-politicking led to the Sack of Rome.
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