Reforming the church : humanist authors and bishop saints -- Legends pleasing and brightly polished : the holy recluses -- Situating the saints : Germania illustrata and saints lives -- Turning Swiss : the patriotism of the Holy Hermit Nicholas
Summary
'Reforming Saints' is an investigation of how and why early German humanists were attracted to composing saints' lives in the half century preceding the Reformation. The book focuses on 36 Latin lives written between 1470 and 1520
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-206) and index
