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"Kertzer skillfully weaves the larger historical, social, religious, and cultural forces at work into the story, without allowing these elements to overwhelm his protagonists....Kertzer's challenging thesis is that the Mortara case became the catalyst for the end of papal power in Italy....A moving, dramatic study of the clash between sacred and secular."Kertzer, David I. is the author of 'Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara', published 1998 under ISBN 9780679768173 and ISBN 0679768173.
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