Reforming saints
Subtitle: saint's lives and their authors in Germany, 1470-1530
By: David J. Collins.
Series: Oxford studies in historical theology
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780195329537
Subjects: Christian saints -- Germany; Authors; Authorship; Humanism -- Germany; Renaissance -- Germany
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reforming the church : humanist authors and bishop saints; title: Legends pleasing and brightly polished : the holy recluses; title: Situating the saints : Germania illustrata and saints lives; title: Turning Swiss : the patriotism of the Holy Hermit Nicholas.