Regine Pernoud, the highly acclaimed French medieval historian, and author of best-selling titles on Joan of Arc and Hildegard of Bingen, as well as the book Those Terrible Middle Ages, presents an enlightening biography of one of France's most revered saints, and a man whose impact on France, and Europe, continues to this day. Martin of Tours lived in the 4th century, at that great turning point in history when the Roman Empire fell and the Church took charge in the West. He left a successful career in the military life to become a monk, and later a Bishop who traveled extensively, evangelizing the countryside and creating that particular sort of community life in a village that is now called a "parish". More than four hundred towns and some four thousand parishes in France are named after St. Martin. The term "chapel" is derived from the actual church where pilgrims venerate Martin's "cape" or cloak. Martin of Tours was a servant of the common man, as well as the nobility, and a very humble man who responded to the needs of his times and opened up vast perspectives for ordinary, everyday life. Given the crisis of the Christian Faith now facing France and all of Europe, the story of this soldier and great apostle and Christian evangelist is a timely one indeed.
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Regine Pernoud, a French historian and writer, is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest medieval historians of our times. She has written many books, including definitive works on Joan of Arc and Hildegard of Bingen, as well as The Crusaders and Those Terrible Middle Ages.
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It was in the year 316, or perhaps 317, that a little boy came into the world to whom the name Martin was given, which is the diminutive form of Mars, the god of war. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sulpicius Severus, Martin of Tours, Gregory of Tours, Saint Jerome, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, Roman Empire, Saint Ambrose, Saint Paul, Council of Nicaea, God the Father, Jacques Fontaine, Middle Ages, Our Lord, Pope Damasus, Saint Nicholas, Divine Office, Gregory of Nyssa, Loire River, River Vienne, Saint Augustine, Saint Basil, Saint Helena New!
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It was in the year 316, or perhaps 317, that a little boy came into the world to whom the name Martin was given, which is the diminutive form of Mars, the god of war. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sulpicius Severus, Martin of Tours, Gregory of Tours, Saint Jerome, Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus, Roman Empire, Saint Ambrose, Saint Paul, Council of Nicaea, God the Father, Jacques Fontaine, Middle Ages, Our Lord, Pope Damasus, Saint Nicholas, Divine Office, Gregory of Nyssa, Loire River, River Vienne, Saint Augustine, Saint Basil, Saint Helena New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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