Taming a Brood of Vipers

Taming a Brood of Vipers
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 363
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ISBN-10 : 9789004203150
ISBN-13 : 900420315X
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Book Synopsis Taming a Brood of Vipers by : Michael A. Vargas

Download or read book Taming a Brood of Vipers written by Michael A. Vargas and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-03-10 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Audacious transgressors, rebellious sowers of discord, a brood of vipers – so leaders of the Order of Preachers described their own men. This lively study of costly corporate successes and failed reforms restores to the late medieval friars their complex humanity.


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