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Reforming saints [electronic resource] : saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530 / David J. Collins.

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Collins, David J, 1965-

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Oxford University Press

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford studies in historical theologyPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 227 p. : illUniform titles:

Oxford scholarship online.

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235.2094309024 22

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BX4659.G3

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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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Materials specified	Status
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

'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.

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