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David I. Kertzer

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New York City, New York, The United States

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http://www.davidkertzer.com/

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Anthropology, History

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David Israel Kertzer is an American anthropologist, historian, and academic, specializing in the political, demographic, and religious history of Italy. He is the Paul Dupee, Jr. University Professor of Social Science, Professor of Anthropology, and Professor of Italian Studies at Brown University.

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Dubai-based Gabriel Andrade posts video interview with David Kertzer on his recent book, The Pope Who Would be King:

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Average rating: 4.11 · 7,352 ratings · 1,109 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe 4.16 avg rating — 3,073 ratings — published 2014 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pope at War: The Secret History of Pius XII, Mussolini, and Hitler 4.27 avg rating — 2,122 ratings — published 2022 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara 3.83 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 1997 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pope Who Would Be King: The Exile of Pius IX and the Emergence of Modern Europe 3.93 avg rating — 545 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism 4.16 avg rating — 285 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prisoner Of The Vatican: The Popes, the Kings, and Garibaldi's Rebels in the Struggle to Rule Modern Italy 3.66 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2004 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amalia's Tale: An Impoverished Peasant Woman, an Ambitious Attorney, and a Fight for Justice 3.90 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ritual, Politics, and Power by David I. Kertzer, James J. Johnson (Designed by) 3.93 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sacrificed for Honor: Italian Infant Abandonment and the Politics of Reproductive Control 4.06 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Census and Identity: The Politics of Race, Ethnicity, and Language in National Censuses (New Perspectives on Anthropological and Social Demography, Series Number 1) by David I. Kertzer (Editor), Dominique Arel (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A tyrant remains a tyrant no matter how benevolently he may philosophize and smile,”
― David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

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“There is no past, memory paints it,’ ” the pope recited. “ ‘There is no future, for hope shapes it. There is only the present, but it is always escaping us.”
― David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

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“I never want to see umbrellas around me," he [Mussolini] once said. "The umbrella is a bourgeois relic, it is the arm used by the pope's soldiers. A people who carry umbrellas cannot found an empire.”
― David I. Kertzer, The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

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