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The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised
David Farmer
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Description for The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised
Paperback. The renowned Oxford Dictionary of Saints returns in a revised and updated form, providing concise accounts of the lives, cults, and artistic associations of over 1,400 saints, from the famous to the obscure. Featuring new entries on recently canonized saints from around the world, and a new appendix on pilgrimages. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 528 pages, maps. BIC Classification: GBCB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 126 x 40. Weight in Grams: 386.
Far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints, this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history and from around the world, the wide varieties of personalities ... Read more
Far more than a dry hagiographical account of the lives of saints, this entertaining and authoritative dictionary breathes life into its subjects and is as browsable as it is informative. First published in 1978, the Oxford Dictionary of Saints offers more than 1,700 fascinating and informative entries covering the lives, cults, and artistic associations of saints from around the world, from the famous to the obscure, the rich to the poor, and the academic to the uneducated. From all walks of life and from all periods of history and from around the world, the wide varieties of personalities ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Oxford Quick Reference
Condition
New
Weight
384g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199596607
SKU
V9780199596607
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99-3
About David Farmer
David Hugh Farmer, formerly Reader in History at Reading University, is the author or editor of nine books. One of these was Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis: The Life of St Hugh of Lincoln by Adam of Eynsham, which he edited with Decima L. Douie for the Oxford Medieval Texts series. Others have been in the related fields of monasticism, Bede ... Read more
Reviews for The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Fifth Edition Revised
fact-packed, readable publication
Methodist Recorder
It is a fascinating book and highly readable
Gazette and Herald
the best compact reference book on the subject
Church of England Newspaper
Methodist Recorder
It is a fascinating book and highly readable
Gazette and Herald
the best compact reference book on the subject
Church of England Newspaper