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Purgatory and piety in Brittany, 1480-1720 / Elizabeth C. Tingle.
LIBRA BX1531.B7 T56 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tingle, Elizabeth C.
- Series:
- Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catholic Church.
- Counter-Reformation.
- Prayers for the dead.
- Brittany (France)--Religious life and customs.
- Brittany (France).
- Prayers for the dead--Catholic Church.
- Purgatory--History of doctrines.
- Purgatory.
- Counter-Reformation--France--Brittany.
- Catholic Church--France--Brittany--Doctrines--Modern period, 1500-.
- France--Brittany.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 308 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]
- Contents:
- Introduction : intercession for the dead in early modern Brittany
- Setting the scene : the Catholic Church and religious life in early modern Brittany
- Purgatory and the Counter Reformation in France, 1480-1720
- Strategies for eternity : perpetual foundations for intercession and their evolution over time, 1480-1720
- The individual alone before God : motives of donors and the functions of perpetual masses
- Collective intercession and mutual assistance before eternity : parish, confraternity and indulgences
- The prayers of priests : chaplains and intercession for the dead.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-284) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781409438236
- 1409438236
- 9781409438243
- 1409438244
- OCLC:
- 757133682
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