Oxford Dictionary of Saints

Zusatztext the best compact reference book on the subject Informationen zum Autor David Hugh Farmer, formerly Reader in History at Reading University, is the author or editor of nine books. One of these was Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: The Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam of Eynsham, which he edited with Decima L. Douie for the Oxford Medieval Texts series. Others have been in the related fields of monasticism, Bede and his age, and medieval spirituality. Klappentext The renowned Oxford Dictionary of Saints returns in a revised and updated form, providing concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure. Featuring new entries on recently canonized saints from around the world, and a new appendix on pilgrimages. Zusammenfassung The renowned Oxford Dictionary of Saints returns in a revised and updated form, providing concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure. Featuring new entries on recently canonized saints from around the world, and a new appendix on pilgrimages.

Product details

• Authors: Farmer, David Farmer, David (Formerly Reader in History at Reading University) Farmer, David H. Farmer, David Hugh Farmer, Farmer David
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2011
• EAN: 9780199596607
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959660-7
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Oxford Paperback Reference; Dictionnaires; Oxford Quick Reference; Dictionnaires; Oxford Quick Reference; Oxford Paperback Reference
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Heilige, Heiliger : Lexikon, Nachschlagewerk, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Reference, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, Reference works, Religion and beliefs