Oxford Dictionary of Saints - Couverture souple

Farmer, David Hugh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192830694 ISBN 13 : 9780192830692

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1992

Synopsis

From such familiar names as Peter and Theresa to the lesser known Winwaloe and Emerentiana, this book provides concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of 1,250 saints. The addition of over a hundred new entries confirms the dictionary's reputation as the standard one-volume work in English. This book is intended for students of Church history; history; theology; art history; general readers.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints. This entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. Critically acclaimed in its many editions, the dictionary is now reissued into the rebranded best-selling Oxford Paperback Reference series. The entries are concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history, the wide varieties of personalities and achievements of the canonized are reflected. Featuring maps of pilgrimage sights in Europe and fully updated appendices, this remains the standard reference paperback in its field. Recently-added saints include the Martyrs of Korea, Vietnam, and the Spanish Civil War, Andrew of Crete, and Emily Rodat, a female hermit of the 7th century. There are also more Scottish and Irish saints, and ancient Welsh saints; more European saints from all centuries, as well as more saints from Eastern Europe; more recently canonized saints and female saints from the USA.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Hugh Farmer, formerly Reader in History at Reading University, is the author or editor of nine books. One of these was Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: The Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam of Eynsham, which he edited with Decima L. Douie for the Oxford Medieval Texts series. Others have been in the related fields of monasticism, Bede and his age, and medieval spirituality.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192830694
• ISBN 13: 9780192830692
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 558
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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