Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders
by
Mr. Craig Harline, Dr. Eddy Put
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This absorbing book takes us back to the busy, colorful world of a Netherlandish Catholic bishop and his flock during the age of Reformation. It is drawn from a rare journal, one of many kept by Mathias Hovius from 1596 to 1620 while he was Archbishop of Mechelen (part of modern Belgium). Elegantly written,...