Reforming saints: saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530
David J. Collins
Reforming saints: saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530
Author
David J. CollinsPublisher
Oxford University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
Reforming saints: saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530 / David J. CollinsPublication Details
آکسفورد : Oxford University Press، 2008مPhysical Description
xiv, 227 p.: ill.; 25 cm.Subject
Christian saints -- GermanyAuthors
Authorship
Humanism -- Germany
Renaissance -- Germany
series
(Oxford studies in historical theology؛ )Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references )p. ]591[-602( and index.
Contents
Reforming the church : humanist authors and bishop saints -- Legends pleasing and brightly polished : the holy recluses -- Situating the saints : Germania illustrata and saints lives -- Turning Swiss : the patriotism of the Holy Hermit Nicholas