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Walter Nigg; trans. Mary Ilford.
Warriors of God: The Great Religious Orders and their Founders.
Published London: Secker and Warburg, 1959 (German edn. was 1953).
[No ISBN].
Binding: hardback, stitch bound.
Printer: William Clowes & Sons, London & Beccles.
Size: 143x221x28mm.
Page count: vi,353,xvi pp. 
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some wear and foxing to the dustjacket, but previous owner has enclosed it in cellophane to prevent further deterioration (though the cellophane is now rather ragged); a little wear to the boards and spine, especially at the edges and corners; page tops foxed but looks in good order internally, text appears to be free of marking.

This item £9.00
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Weight without packaging: 534g.

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Contents: St. Anthony & hermits of the desert; St. Pachomius & cenobitism; St. Basil & eastern monasticism; St. Augustine & communal life of the clergy; St. Benedict & his rule; St. Bruno & the Carthusians; St. Bernard & the Cistercians; St. Francis & the Friars Minor; S. Dominic & the Order of Preachers; St. Teresa & Carmel; St. Ignatius of Loyola & the Society of Jesus.

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Illustrations: no
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: no
Index: yes

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