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Sacred History: Uses of the Christian Past in the Renaissance World

Contributor(s): Van Liere, Katherine (Editor), Ditchfield, Simon (Editor), Louthan, Howard (Editor)

ISBN: 9780199594795

Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Pub Date: July 13, 2012

Dewey: 274

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.97" H x 9.37" L x 6.66" W ( 1.55 lbs) 368 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Christianity | History

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Description: The first geographically broad, comparative survey of early modern 'sacred history', or writing on the history of the Christian Church, its leaders and saints, and its internal developments, in the two centuries from c. 1450 to c. 1650.

Review Quotes: "This is a marvelous, thought-provoking, and readable volume that does indeed open up a burgeoning field of inquiry to a larger audience." --Catholic Historical Review

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