Author: FisherPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The English Works of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Author: FisherThe English Works of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (1469-1535)
Author: Saint John FisherThe Works and Days of John Fisher
Author: Edward SurtzPublisher: Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
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Bishops and Reform in the English Church, 1520-1559
Author: Kenneth CarletonPublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 0851158161
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The English bishops played a crucial role in the Reformation in the 16th century. This work shows the bishops' own understanding of the episcopate, from their surviving writings.
The Theology of John Fisher
Author: Richard RexPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521541152
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
This book examines the intellectual career of Bishop John Fisher (1468-1535), the early sixteenth-century bishop of Rochester and victim of Henry VIII's Reformation, whose numerous writings included one of the most influential refutations of Martin Luther of the century. It places Fisher's writings in the context of contemporary movements of Renaissance and Reformation.
The English Works of John Fisher
Author: Saint John FisherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Sermons, English
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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The Rise of Prison Literature in the Sixteenth Century
Author: Ruth AhnertPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107435455
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
Examining works by some of the most famous prisoners from the early modern period including Thomas More, Lady Jane Grey and Thomas Wyatt, Ruth Ahnert presents the first major study of prison literature dating from this era. She argues that the English Reformation established the prison as an influential literary sphere. In the previous centuries we find only isolated examples of prison writings, but the religious and political instability of the Tudor reigns provided the conditions for the practice to thrive. This book shows the wide variety of genres that prisoners wrote, and it explores the subtle tricks they employed in order to appropriate the site of the prison for their own agendas. Ahnert charts the spreading influence of such works beyond the prison cell, tracing the textual communities they constructed, and the ways in which writings were smuggled out of prison and then disseminated through script and print.
Elizabeth Tyrwhit's Morning and Evening Prayers
Author: Susan M. FelchPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351940872
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
In 1574, Christopher Barker published a volume of prayers and poems collected and composed by Elizabeth Tyrwhit, an intimate member of Katherine Parr's circle, governess to the princess Elizabeth, wife of a Tudor court functionary, and a wealthy widow. Later, Tyrwhit's Morning and Evening Prayers was selected by Thomas Bentley to be republished in his 1582 compilation of devotional works, The Monument of Matrones. This volume presents critical, old-spelling editions of both versions of Morning and Evening Prayers. Placing them side by side, Susan Felch discloses that the second version contains nearly a quarter more material that the first, and is organized quite differently. Felch convincingly argues that the additional material and revised arrangement of the longer version are likely copied direct from another, no longer extant authorial version, either printed or manuscript. In the volume's introduction, Felch provides background on Tyrwhit's life and family, including new information unearthed in her research; and sets Tyrwhit's work within the context of sixteenth- century English prayerbooks. Felch here posits that Tyrwhit's reorganization and framing of traditional material indicates her own considerable creativity. The Textual Notes and Appendix A compare the 1574 and 1582 versions and identify the source texts from which Tyrwhit derives her prayers and poems. The edition is completed by an autograph note by Tyrwhit; a discussion of the Tyrwhit family connections, and several versions of the rhymed Hours of the Cross as background to Tyrwhit's rendition entitled, 'An Hymne of the Passion of Christ'.
Did They Rest in Peace?
Author: Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546261095
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.
Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
Author: Tracy BormanPublisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
ISBN: 0802146406
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
The acclaimed historian presents a “beautifully perceptive and dynamic reassessment of Henry VIII…in this highly engrossing biography” (Booklist, starred review). Henry VIII is best known for his tempestuous marriages and the fates of his six wives. But his reign and reputation were hugely influenced by his confidants, ministers, and even occasional rivals—many of whom have been underplayed in previous biographies. Exploring these relationships in depth, Tracy Borman offers a fresh perspective on the legendary king, revealing surprising contradictions in his beliefs and behavior. Henry was capable of fierce but seldom abiding loyalty, of raising men up only to destroy them later. He loved to be attended by boisterous young men like his friend Charles Brandon, who shared his passion for sport. But the king could also be diverted by men of intellect, culture, and wit, as his longstanding interplay with Cardinal Wolsey and his reluctant abandonment of Thomas More attest. Eager to escape the shadow of his father, Henry was easily led by male advisors early in his reign. In time, though, he matured into a profoundly paranoid and ruthless king. Recounting the great Tudor’s life and signal moments through the lens of his male relationships, Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him sheds fresh light on this fascinating figure.