Fathers, Pastors and Kings


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Fathers, Pastors and Kings is a first-class research monograph on an important issue in the history of the Catholic Church, exploring the conceptions of episcopacy that shaped the identity of the bishops of France in the wake of the reforming Council of T.




Between Exaltation and Infamy


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Using case-studies and biographies, the author examines women's mysticism in 16th- and 17th-century Spain and investigates the spiritual forces that provided women with a way to transcend the control of the male-dominated Catholic Church.




The Papal Prince


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The Rise of Richelieu


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Presents a biography of Richelieu up to the point where he took ministerial office for the second time in 1624.