TY  - BOOK
N2  - "During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. Remarkably enough, this is the first book, solidly based on official documentation, to give a brief, readable account of the council from the moment Pope John XXIII announced it on January 25, 1959, until its conclusion on December 8, 1965." -- Back cover.
AB  - "During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was the most important religious event of the twentieth century, with repercussions that reached far beyond the Catholic church. Remarkably enough, this is the first book, solidly based on official documentation, to give a brief, readable account of the council from the moment Pope John XXIII announced it on January 25, 1959, until its conclusion on December 8, 1965." -- Back cover.
T1  - What happened at Vatican II /
DA  - 2010, c2008.
CY  - Cambridge, Mass. :
AU  - O'Malley, John W.
CN  - BX830 1962
CN  - BX830 1962
PB  - Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
PP  - Cambridge, Mass. :
PY  - 2010, c2008.
N1  - "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.
N1  - "First Harvard University Press paperback edition, 2010" -- T.p. verso.
ID  - 338451
SN  - 9780674047495 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 0674047494 (pbk. : alk. paper)
TI  - What happened at Vatican II /
ER  -