Universal History Of All General And Particular Councils

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First rare edition of the most important work on the Councils written in Italian (it contains 475 councils), an outstanding exemplum of Catholic historiography of the mid-modern age (other amended and expanded editions followed, 1689, 1696, 1704 and 1714). Marco Battaglini (1645-1717) was a priest and bishop of Nocera Umbra, an expert in law, historian and theologian. His “Universal History of all Councils” successfully replaced the more extensive treatises by Labbé, Sauer and Bini.