Books written by Norman Tanner
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Vatican II: The Essential Texts
Brings together the key documents of the Second Vatican Council so that readers may better understand the Church's positions on different issues, including its relationship to the secular world, human rights, and the liturgy.
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The Church in the Later Middle Ages: The I.B.Tauris History of the Christian Church
The Later Middle Ages (1300-1500 CE) have often been characterised as a period of decline for Christendom. The era seems to sit uncomfortably between the remarkable achievements of church and...
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New Short History of the Catholic Church
In each section there is a balance between the institutional and the more directly religious dimensions of the Church - here are some of the elements: bishops, canon law, charity, councils crusades, devotions, heresies, laity, liturgy, ...
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Laughter Makes the Medicine Go Down
This book is about a father who experience great sorrow and sadness after the death of his teenaged daughter.
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The Ages of Faith: Popular Religion in Late Medieval England and Western Europe
"The Ages of Faith" is a major contribution to the Reformation debate and offers a revealing vision of individual and popular religion in an important period so long obscured by the drama of the Reformation.
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Vatican II: The Essential Texts
Vatican II: The Essential Texts brings together the key documents of the council.