| Prosperity and Plunder: European Catholic Monasteries in the Age of Revolution, 1650-1815 Contributor(s): Beales, Derek (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521590906 ISBN-13: 9780521590907 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $128.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2003 Annotation: In the Catholic countries of seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Europe, communities of monks and nuns were growing in number and wealth. They constructed vast buildings, dominated education, and played a large part in the practice and patronage of learning, music, and the arts. This lavishly-illustrated book offers a unique, comparative description of these communities--their wealth, growth, life, and importance--and then explains their catastrophic decline and fall between 1650 and 1815 by reforming rulers, the 'Enlightenment', and the French Revolution. Derek Beales, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Cambridge, is a Fellow of both the Royal Historical Society and the British Academy. He has published numerous historical monographs including a book on musical history entitled, Mozart and the Habsburgs (Reeding, 1993) as well as articles in the New York Review of Books and the Times Literary Supplement. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - General - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Modern - 17th Century |
| Dewey: 271.009 |
| LCCN: 2003273863 |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 7.5" W x 10.14" (3.04 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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Contributor Bio(s): Beales, Derek: - Derek Beales is Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College. |
