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A bishop's tale : Mathias Hovius among his flock in seventeenth-century Flanders / Craig Harline and Eddy Put.
LIBRA BX4705.H7645 H37 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harline, Craig E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hovius, Matthias, 1542-1620.
- Hovius, Matthias.
- Catholic Church--Belgium--Bishops--Biography.
- Catholic Church.
- Catholic Church--Belgium--Flanders--History--16th century.
- Catholic Church--Belgium--Flanders--History--17th century.
- Counter-Reformation.
- History.
- Bishops.
- Flanders (Belgium)--Church history--16th century.
- Flanders (Belgium).
- Flanders (Belgium)--Church history--17th century.
- Flanders (Belgium)--Religious life and customs.
- Counter-Reformation--Belgium.
- Belgium.
- Belgium--Flanders.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 387 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2000]
- Summary:
- Drawn from the rare journal of the Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620, this biography sheds light on the colorful life of Mathias Hovius, as well as the key events and characters of the Catholic Reformation period. The authors relate the stories of monks, nuns, priests, pilgrims, peasant women, saints, and others. 24 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-372) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300083424
- OCLC:
- 43936955
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