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White Eagle, Black Madonna : One Thousand Years of the Polish Catholic Tradition /

White Eagle, Black Madonna charts the remarkable journey of the Polish Catholic community from its tenth-century origins on the eastern edge of medieval Christendom to the twenty-first century, when a Pole occupied the See of Peter. One constant has been Catholicism's profound influence over Po...

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Autor principal: Alvis, Robert E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Preface; A Timeline of Poland's Political and Ecclesiastical History; 1. Baptized into Christendom (966-1138); 2. Chaos and Consolidation (1138-1333); 3. Baptized into Power (1333-1506); 4. The Promise and the Peril of Liberty (1506-1648); 5. Deluge and Illusions (1648-1764); 6. Reform, Romance, and Revolution (1764-1848); 7. The Gospel and National Greatness (1848-1914); 8. From Captivity to Cataclysm (1914-1945); 9. From Stalinism to Solidarity (1945-1989); 10. From Triumph to Turmoil (after 1989).