Law, medicine, and engineering in the cult of the saints in counter-Reformation Rome : the hagiographical works of Antonio Gallonio, 1556-1605 /

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Author / Creator:	Touber, Jetze, author.
Imprint:	Boston : Brill, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in medieval and reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; VOLUME 178 Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; volume 178.
Subject:	Gallonio, Antonio, -- -1605. Gallonio, Antonio, -- -1605. Christian hagiography. Martyrdom -- Christianity -- History. Church history. Christian hagiography. Church history. Martyrdom -- Christianity. History.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11304514

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ISBN:	9789004265141 9004265147 9789004265134 9004265139
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	This book shows how the sixteenth-century priest Antonio Gallonio engaged with law, medicine and engineering, to draw attention to saintly virtues. It exposes the tensions between a theocratic clergy and the self-assertion of secular professionals in the Italian Counter-Reformation.
Other form:	Print version: Touber, Jetze. Law, medicine, and engineering in the cult of the saints in counter-Reformation Rome 9789004265134
Standard no.:	10.1163/9789004265141.

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