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Christian World: A Social and Cultural History of Christianity
Product Information
Condition: Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harry N Abrams (February 1985)
ISBN: 0810907798
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The authors, all leading scholars in their fields, have interpreted Christianity in its widest sense, emphasizing its social and cultural impact and exploring the religious life of ordinary people as well as the rituals of cardinals and kings. The book's copious illustrations form an integral part of the story and bring much that seems remote or obscure into vivid focus. Anyone seeking to understand the forces that have made our world what it is today will find this book of vital interest. 353 illustrations, 85 in color. Edited by Geoffrey Barraclough, author of The Medieval Papacy and Reformation and Society in Sixteenth Century Europe, the book includes essays by Margaret Aston, Paul A. Carter, Owen Chadwick, Adrian Cunningham, William H. C. Frend, Joachim Gaehde, Hans Hillerbrand, Judith Hook, Colin Morris, Steven Runciman, Ian N. Wood, and J. William T. Youngs.
good/good. PO's gift inscription on ffep. Tight binding, text free of marks.Nice copy. 4to.
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