Bishops Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock In Seventeenth-Century Flanders; Author: Harline, Craig E.; Joint Author: Put, Eddy; Hardback; Book

Author: Harline, Craig E.; Joint Author: Put, Eddy
Hardback; Book; 24 Illustrations
398 pages
Published: October 2000
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300083424

Drawn from the rare journal of the Archbishop of Mechelen from 1596 to 1620, this biography sheds light on the colorful life of Mathias Hovius, as well as the key events and characters of the Catholic Reformation period. The authors relate the stories of monks, nuns, priests, pilgrims, peasant women, saints, and others. 24 illustrations.This absorbing book takes us back to the busy, colourful world of a Netherlandish Catholic bishop and his flock during the age of Reformation. A study of the colourful world of Netherlandish bishop, Mathias Hovius, and his flock during the age of the Reformation. It is drawn from one of many journals kept by Hovius whilst he was Archbishop of Mechelen. The book focuses not only on his life but on key events and characters of his time.