Related Lives
Subtitle: Confessors and Their Female Penitents, 1450-1750
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: October 6, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780801442513
Subjects: History of religion; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Women's Studies - History; History - General History; Confession; Religion - Catholicism; Renaissance; History: World; Europe; Christianity - History - Catholic; Christianity - Catholic; History; Catholic Church; Confessors; Monastic and religious life of women
First sentence: Few readers of his classic biography of Martin Luther can forget Roland Bainton's vivid account of his protagonist's struggle with the sacrament of penance.