Signed. Relative Strangers: Italian Protestants in the Catholic World

Cicero Jr., Frank

ISBN 10: 0897336151 / ISBN 13: 9780897336154

Published by U.S.A.: Chicago Review Press, 2011

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Near fine hb in dj. Signed w inscription. Mark free first edition History religion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Signed. Relative Strangers: Italian Protestants in the Catholic World
• Publisher: U.S.A.: Chicago Review Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897336151
• ISBN 13: 9780897336154
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • religion

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Synopsis

Italian Protestants? Few people seem to have heard of them, but the author's mother's immigrant Italian family was Protestant while his father's were Catholic immigrants from Sicily. Relative Strangers describes the author's search for the religious roots of his parents' families in northern Italy and Sicily. He traces the history of the Waldensians, the Protestant sect which began in Lyon, France in the 12th century, often suffering persecution, but surviving to this day both in Europe and America.

About the Author

Frank Cicero, Jr. is a senior partner with the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Chicago and has litigated numerous major cases in federal and international courts. He received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and holds degrees from Princeton University and Wheaton College. This is his first book.