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Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-07 - Publisher: Univ of California Press
In the period between 1200 and 1500 in western Europe, a number of religious women gained widespread veneration and even canonization as saints for their extrao
Language: en
Pages: 395
Pages: 395
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-10-10 - Publisher: Vintage
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