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Promoting the Saints. Cults and Their Contexts from Late Antiquity Until the Early Modern Period Essays in Honor of Gabor Klaniczay for His 60th Birthday
by Gecser, Otto; Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Nagy, Balazs, Sebok, Marcell; and Szende, Katalin, editors
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 9639776939
- ISBN 13
- 9789639776937
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About This Item
Budapest & New York: Central European University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. 9639776939 . X, 325 pp. Contributors, index. Frontis photo of Klaniczay Illustrated throughout w/ b/w figures. Octavo. Purple and olive green dust jacket with white central square, very minor shelf wear. Book itself is clean and unmarked, a very nice copy. The studies in this volume concentrate on a complex set of socio-cultural phenomena, the cult of saints, in a variety of regions from Egypt to Poland, with a focus on Italy and Central Europe. The subjects of the contributions range in time from the 4th until the 18th century. The diversity of approaches adopted by the contributors -- from literary analysis and historical anthropology to archaeology and art history -- represents that open and multidisciplinary historical research that characterizes the work of Klaniczay... "; CE Medievalia; Vol. 12; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 325 pages .
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- Leaf and Stone Books
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- 12281
- Title
- Promoting the Saints. Cults and Their Contexts from Late Antiquity Until the Early Modern Period Essays in Honor of Gabor Klaniczay for His 60th Birthday
- Author
- Gecser, Otto; Laszlovszky, Jozsef; Nagy, Balazs, Sebok, Marcell; and Szende, Katalin, editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9639776939
- ISBN 13
- 9789639776937
- Publisher
- Central European University Press
- Place of Publication
- Budapest & New York
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- 9639776939, Christian_hagiography, Late-antique, Medieval_hungary, Church_history, Saints
- Bookseller catalogs
- History: Western Europe; Medieval Studies; Religion - Saints;
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About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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