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Cities of God: The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-"1325

by Augustine Thompson

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ISBN13: 9780271029092
ISBN10: 0271029099
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We know much about the Italian city states--"the "communes"--"of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. But historians have focused on their political accomplishments to the exclusion of their religious life, going so far as to call them "purely secular contrivances." When religion is considered, the subjects are usually saints, heretics, theologians, and religious leaders, thereby ignoring the vast majority of those who lived in the communes. In
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ISBN:
9780271029092
Subtitle:
The Religion of the Italian Communes, 1125-1325
Author:
Thompson, Augustine
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject:
Medieval
Subject:
Europe - Italy
Subject:
Christianity - History - Catholic
Copyright:
2006
Publication Date:
January 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
502
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