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One of the many pleasures in diarmaid maccullochs amazingly comprehensive book is getting a handle on what historical basis there is for the rules and doctrines of this prolific and mercurial religion, which nowadays seems characterized. Explore books by diarmaid macculloch with our selection at. His thomas cranmer won the whitbread biography prize, the james tait black prize and the duff cooper prize. Diarmaid macculloch is professor of the history of the church at st. It took three library renewals to get through this book and thanks to an ice storm, the fifth this year. Professor diarmaid macculloch professor of the history of the church emeritus fellow diarmaid macculloch, dd, fba, frhists, fsa, professor of the history of the church at oxford, and prizewinning author, has written extensively on the sixteenth century and beyond it. The first three thousand years, published in 2010 by penguin books from viking. In this masterful history, diarmaid macculloch conveys the drama, complexity, and continuing relevance of these events.
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