Cesar Cardinal Baronius: Founder of Church History
Author | : Amabel Kerr |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2015-09-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781329639799 |
ISBN-13 | : 1329639790 |
Rating | : 4/5 (790 Downloads) |
Download or read book Cesar Cardinal Baronius: Founder of Church History written by Amabel Kerr and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Life of Cardinal Baronius is the life of a scholar, of the man who not only founded the discipline of Church history, but also created the model of historical scholarship that is used today. Baronius, though a humble scholar in the oratory of St. Philip Neri, found himself mixed into the great events of his age, in correspondence with the great, while his work on the Annals brought him glory for having systematized history This edition of Lady Amabel Kerr's life of Cardinal Baronius has been reprinted from the original, it is not a facsimile. Many pictures of the subjects in the work have been added as well as adjustments to some of the archaic 19th century words to make the work more readable.