Basilica by R. A. Scott
Basilica: The Splendor and the Scandal: Building St. Peter’s by R.A. Scotti, reviewed by John Sheridan, Head of Hoyt Library
Viking, 2006, 299 pages, $25.95
After thirty popes, seven architects, one scandal, the Reformation, 220 years, and a vast fortune, the Basilica of St. Peter rose to be the center of Christianity in the Western world. The story of the greatest church in Christendom reads like a grand novel spanning the time of the Renaissance and Reformation. The names involved reads like a Who’s Who of the Renaissance, from Michelangelo to Bramante, Raphael, della Porta and Bernini. The intrigues of the Popes and powerful families alternately delayed and accelerated construction. The financing of the construction was one of the factors that sparked the Reformation. This biography of St. Peter’s Basilica is a fascinating read.
Viking, 2006, 299 pages, $25.95
After thirty popes, seven architects, one scandal, the Reformation, 220 years, and a vast fortune, the Basilica of St. Peter rose to be the center of Christianity in the Western world. The story of the greatest church in Christendom reads like a grand novel spanning the time of the Renaissance and Reformation. The names involved reads like a Who’s Who of the Renaissance, from Michelangelo to Bramante, Raphael, della Porta and Bernini. The intrigues of the Popes and powerful families alternately delayed and accelerated construction. The financing of the construction was one of the factors that sparked the Reformation. This biography of St. Peter’s Basilica is a fascinating read.
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