Law, Medicine, and Engineering in the Cult of the Saints in Counter-Reformation Rome: The Hagiographical Works of Antonio Gallonio, 1556-1605 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

Law, Medicine, and Engineering in the Cult of the Saints in Counter-Reformation Rome: The Hagiographical Works of Antonio Gallonio, 1556-1605 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)

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pp. xiii 339. “This book shows how the sixteenth-century priest Antonio Gallonio engaged with law, medicine and engineering, to draw attention to saintly virtues. It exposes the tensions between a theocratic clergy and the self-assertion of secular professionals in the Italian Counter-Reformation.”

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ISBN 9004265139
ISBN13 9789004265134
Number of pages 339
Original Title Law, Medicine, and Engineering in the Cult of the Saints in Counter-Reformation Rome: The Hagiographical Works of Antonio Gallonio, 1556-1605 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions)
Published Date 2014
Book Condition Very good
Jacket Condition No Dustjacket
Binding Hardcover
Size 8vo
Place of Publication Leiden
Edition First Edition
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pp. xiii 339. “This book shows how the sixteenth-century priest Antonio Gallonio engaged with law, medicine and engineering, to draw attention to saintly virtues. It exposes the tensions between a theocratic clergy and the self-assertion of secular professionals in the Italian Counter-Reformation.”

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