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Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Katherine Ludwig Jansen
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:272 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | History of religion
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691203249
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| Classifications | Dewey:282.450902 |
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| Audience | | Tertiary Education (US: College) | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
34 b/w illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
31 March 2020 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
Medieval Italian communes are known for their violence, feuds, and vendettas, yet beneath this tumult was a society preoccupied with peace. Peace and Penance in Late Medieval Italy is the first book to examine how civic peacemaking in the age of Dante was forged in the crucible of penitential religious practice. Focusing on Florence in the thirt
Author Biography
Katherine Ludwig Jansen is professor of history at the Catholic University of America. Her books include the award-winning The Making of the Magdalen: Preaching and Popular Devotion in the Later Middle Ages (Princeton).
Reviews"Brilliantly researched."---Lauro Martines, Times Literary Supplement "This volume illustrates the simultaneous, vigorous, engaging peacemaking activity that provided an antidote to war. The well-chosen illustrations integrate the plastic arts into this textual study."---D.A. Brown, Choice "[A] new, rounded perspective on medieval peacemaking."---Alexandra R. A. Lee, Reading Religion
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