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A History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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A History of the Papacy during the Period of the Reformation
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Mandell Creighton
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| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - European History |
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| Series part Volume No. |
Volume 3
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:328 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 140 |
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| Category/Genre | Church history
Roman Catholicism and Roman Catholic churches |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781108041089
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| Classifications | Dewey:282.09031 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Worked examples or Exercises
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
1 December 2011 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Mandell Creighton's five-volume study of the papacy during the Reformation was first published between 1882 and 1894. Lytton Strachey paid an indirect compliment to Creighton's work by remarking that 'the biscuit is certainly dry; but at any rate there are no weevils'. Creighton (1843-1901) was an academic and an ordained Anglican. Having studied at Oxford and spent time in the parish of Embleton in Northumberland, he was appointed the first Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Cambridge, became Bishop of Peterborough and ended his career as Bishop of London. Volume 3 (1887) concentrates on the half-century preceding the Reformation. This was a period of papal decline from the learned and energetic Pius II to a state of degeneracy and corruption which Luther and others attempted to reform. The volume ends with a detailed account of Alexander VI, the Borgia pope.
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