British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1884
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Page : 794 pages
File Size : 40,21 MB
Release : 1884
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 712 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Catalogs, Union
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 742 pages
File Size : 26,46 MB
Release : 1946
Category : English literature
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Author : British Library
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Page : 536 pages
File Size : 12,7 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Reference
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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Page : 742 pages
File Size : 12,79 MB
Release : 1965
Category : English imprints
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Author : British Library
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 1946
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Author : Jean-Baptiste de Belloy
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Page : 10 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 1804
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Author : Eglise catholique
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Page : 10 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 1804
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Author : Jean-Baptiste de Belloy
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 33,94 MB
Release : 1804
Category : Church and state
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Author : Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2000-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226034379
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.