Documents of the English Reformation: Third Edition (Library of Ecclesiastical History) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0227172396 ISBN 13: 9780227172391

Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

The Reformation era has long been seen as crucial in developing the institutions and society of the English-speaking peoples, and study of the Tudor and Stuart era is at the heart of most courses in English history. The influence of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James version of the Bible created the modern English language, but until the publication of Gerald Bray's Documents of the English Reformation there had been no collection of contemporary documents available to show how these momentous social and political changes took place. This comprehensive collection covers the period from 1526 to 1700 and contains many texts previously relatively inaccessible, along with others more widely known. The book also provides informative appendixes, including comparative tables of the different articles and confessions, showing their mutual relationships and dependence. With fifty-eight documents covering all the main Statutes, Injunctions and Orders, Prefaces to prayer books, Biblical translations and other relevant texts, this third edition of Documents of the English R

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About the Author

Reverend Dr Gerald Bray has a PhD from Paris-Sorbonne. He worked as Professor of Anglican Studies at Beeson Divinity School, and is now a Research Professor for the same institution. He is also Director of Research at the Latimer Trust. He has published with James Clarke and Co Ltd The Books of Homilies: A Critical Edition (2016), and The Institution of a Christian Man (2018).

Edition details

• Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0227172396
• ISBN 13: 9780227172391
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 630
• Editor: Bray Gerald