David I. Kertzer's Blog, page 3

Kertzer interviewed on Christian antisemitism, Pope Francis, and Christian-Jewish relations in video by Rabbi Shmuly Yankolowitz in Arizona, September 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=e5jStGbNItw

Nicholas Brown and the Roman revolution of 1848, free pdf download

1088press publishes the free pdf version of David Kertzer's new book on the role played by Nicholas Brown, the official representative of the U.S. government in Rome, at the time of the Roman revolution of 1848.

http://www.1088press.it/catalogue/bytes/david-kertzer-nicholas-brown/

Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations publishes David Kertzer's article on "The Enduring Controversy over the Mortara Case"

In April 2019, the open access journal Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations publishes David Kertzer's article on "The Enduring Controversy over the Mortara Case," reviewing the ways in which the Mortara story has been manipulated and distorted over the decades.

https://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/scjr

Italy's Jewish monthly in April features interview with David Kertzer on the significance of the announcement of the opening of the Vatican's Pius XII archives:

/sites/davidkertzer.com/files/File/pdfs/pagine_ebraiche_aprile_2019.pdf

On March 6,Public Radio International's "The World" airs extended interview with David Kertzer on the significance of the opening of Pius XII's archives

https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-03-06/unsealed-records-pope-pius-xii-could-shed-light-vatican-s-turbulent-postwar-years

The Atlantic publishes Kertzer's critique of Pope Francis's March 4 announcement of the opening of the archives of controversial Pope Pius XII

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/03/archives-will-reveal-truth-about-pope-pius-xii/584080/

Wall Street Journal praises The Pope Who Would be King:

" a judicious work of scholarship, carefully researched and elegantly narrated. "

 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-pope-who-would-be-king-and-vatican-i-review-rome-infallible-11549410374?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1

The Pope Who Would Be King named one of the seven best nonfiction books of 2018 in the Seattle Times:

https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/books/favorite-nonfiction-from-2018-from-princess-margaret-to-a-silicon-valley-scammer/

The December 6, 2018 issue of The New York Review of Books publishes an enthusiastic review of The Pope Who Would be King:

Kertzer’s brilliant treatment of the crisis in the papacy between 1846 and 1850 reads like a thriller. All the characters, from the poor of Rome to the king of Naples, stand out with a vividness that testifies to his mastery of prose. 

In its enthusiastic review of The Pope Who Would Be King, the Irish Times writes: "Prof. Kertzer’s earlier books have made a mark. [He] has slowly been rewriting the history of 19th Century Italy."