Amazons, Wives, Nuns, and Witches: Women and the Catholic Church in Colonial Brazil, 1500-1822
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The Roman Catholic church played a dominant role in colonial Brazil, so that women's lives in the...
The Catholics: The Church and its People in Britain and Ireland, from the Reformation to the Present Day
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"The story of Catholicism in Britain from the Reformation to the present day, from a master of...
England's Historic Churches by Train: A Companion Volume to England's Cathedrals by Train
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The second millennium saw the spread and consolidation of Christianity in Britain. One means by...
Four Women Doctors of the Church: Hildegard of Bingen, Catherine of Siena, Teresa of Avila, Therese of Lisieux
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This timely and engrossing work brings to life the trials and triumphs of four inspiring women,...
Creating a Scottish Church: Catholicism, Gender and Ethnicity in Nineteenth-century Scotland
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This book highlights how the Catholic population participated in the extension of citizenship in...
The Secret Language of Sacred Spaces: Decoding Churches, Cathedrals, Temples, Mosques and Other Places of Worship Around the World
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From Stonehenge to the Sagrada Familia, from the Acropolis to Angkor Wat, human beings have directed...