The Body Broken: The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth-Century France
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
Topics:
3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century) 4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16th-18th Century)
3. Sacrifice and politics (16th-18th Century) 4. Sacrifice and Eucharist (16th-18th Century)
Edited by: Chiara Petrolini
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