Reforming Saints: Saints' Lives and Their Authors in Germany, 1470-1530 (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology) 9780195329537, 0195329538

Table of contents :
Contents
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
1. Reforming the Church: Humanist Authors and Bishop Saints
2. Legends Pleasing and Brightly Polished: The Holy Recluses
3. Situating the Saints: Germania illustrata and Saints’ Lives
4. Turning Swiss: The Patriotism of the Holy Hermit Nicholas
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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