1686 MONKS & Knights 1ed Monastical Conventions Military Orders Knights Rites Popes

 1686 1^ed Monastical Conventions MONKS Military Orders Knights Rites Popes

The first and only edition of ‘History of Monastical Conventions and Military Institutions’.

Written by “J.S.”, this work is description of religious and military orders in Europe, Asia, and Africa from the earliest known examples of such orders. Author J. Sargeant includes surveys of the Court of Rome, rites and ceremonies of the Catholic Church, conclave tribunals, election of popes and bishops, and a discourse on monasteries, convents, and nunneries with a description of the consecration of monks and nuns from early forms to the 17^th-century traditions.

This book also includes a chapter devoted to describing the Jesuit order, or Society of Jesus. It includes an in-depth look into the institutions established by Ignatius Loyola and the purposes of order.

Item number: #10717

Price: $750

SARGEANT, J. (J.S.)

The History of Monastical Conventions and Military Institutions with a survey of the court of Rome.

London: printed for H. Rhodes next door to the Swan-Tavern near Bride-Lane in Fleet-street, 1686. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • [10], 197, [7]
  • Wanting frontispiece
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~5.75in X 3.25in (14.5cm x 8.5cm)
• Very rare with no other example for sale worldwide

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