Reforming saints saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530

'Reforming Saints' is an investigation of how and why early German humanists were attracted to composing saints' lives in the half century preceding the Reformation. The book focuses on 36 Latin lives written between 1470 and 1520

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collins, David J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008, c2008
Series:Oxford studies in historical theology / Oxford studies in historical theology
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:'Reforming Saints' is an investigation of how and why early German humanists were attracted to composing saints' lives in the half century preceding the Reformation. The book focuses on 36 Latin lives written between 1470 and 1520
Physical Description:xiv, 227 p. ill
ISBN:9780199870134
0199870136