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Christopher Brooke.
Medieval Church and Society: Collected Essays.
Publisher: New York U.P., 1972 (previously issued by Sidgwick & Jackson, 1971).
SBN 814709680.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printed in the UK.
Size: 143x220x23mm.
Page count: 256pp plus 4 pages of monochrome plates.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: the dustjacket onthis copy is rather grubby with a rip at the top corner of its spine, but in general is not heavily worn; the book itself has pencilled ticks in the margins throughout the Becket, Innocent III, & Sabatier essays, but is otherwise in generally good condition.

This item £15.00
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Weight without packaging: 508g.

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Contents:
The dullness of the past;
Problems of the Church historian;
Hildebrand;
Gregorian reform in action — clerical marriage, 1050-1200;
Approaches to medieval forgery;
Thomas Becket;
Heresy & religious sentiment, 1000-1250;
Religious sentiment & church design in the later Middle Ages;
Innocent III & Gregory IX;
Paul Sabaitier & St. Francis of Assisi;
St. Dominic & his first biographer;
The Merchant of Prato.

See also | Church history |
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