Reforming saints saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530 / [electronic resource] :
David J. Collins.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 227 p.) : ill.
- Oxford studies in historical theology .
- Oxford studies in historical theology. .
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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Christian saints--Germany. Authors. Authorship. Humanism--Germany. Renaissance--Germany.