| Description |
xi, 327 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Essay index reprint series
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Essay index reprint series.
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| Note |
Reprint of the 1938 ed. |
| Contents |
The increase and the diffusion of historical knowledge -- "Parthians and Medes and Elamites..." -- What, after all, are the catacombs? -- Ptolemy, the geographer -- Christianity legalized: the Decree of Milan -- The death of the medieval sinner -- A belated Viking adventure: The Kensington Stone -- The "Codex Aureus": a masterpiece of hand copying -- Printing, the divine art: Who invented it? -- Printing, the divine art: why it spread rapidly -- The Tudor queens: a comparison -- The Pontificate of Pope Clement VIII (1592-1605) -- Cardinal Bellarmine and the Galileo affair -- Hartmann Grisar, S.J., historian (1845-1932) -- Saint Peter Canisius, doctor of the church (1521-1597) -- Saint Bede the Venerable, doctor of the church, historian (672-735) -- The island Celts adopt the Roman Easter calculation -- The meeting at Whitby, 664 -- Saint Boniface and Saint Virgil. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Subject |
Church history.
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Church history. |
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