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An uncompromising portrait of England's spiritual architects. Lives revealed with unflinching care. Christopher Wordsworth's Ecclesiastical Biography (Volume IV) gathers careful, characterful sketches of eminent men connected with the history of religion in England, following the sweep from the commencement of the Reformation to the Revolution. Part reformation history book, part church history anthology, the volume pairs readable narrative with judicious scholarship: each life is set against the broader currents of Tudor-Stuart England so readers can see how conviction met power. The work illuminates protestant reformers england and later anglican church leaders alike, attending to both public debate and the quieter spiritual lives england that sustained movements and ministries. Far from antiquarian pedantry, Wordsworth writes with moral seriousness and descriptive precision, offering a tone useful to academic religious studies yet wholly accessible to the general reader. Those comparing sources - from the dramatised martyrdoms of Foxe's Book of Martyrs to the pastoral controversies later debated in Oxford Movement history - will find this volume a steady companion for context and continuity.

Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As a work of English religious biography, it bridges lived narrative and scholarly rigour. Its combination of sustained research and readable prose gives the book lasting literary and historical significance: an indispensable witness to how stories of faith were told and taught in a pivotal era. Casual readers drawn to vivid lives and classic-literature collectors assembling considered editions alike will find pleasure here. At the same time, church history students and scholars of academic religious studies will value its methodical approach and the clear lines it draws across the English reformation era. Elegant, informative and humane, this volume restores a crucial strand of England's ecclesiastical past to the shelf again.

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• Plný název: Ecclesiastical Biography
• Podnázev: Or, Lives Of Eminent Men Connected With The History Of Religion In England; From The Commencement Of The Reformation To The Revolution (Volume Iv)
• Autor: Christopher Wordsworth
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 756
• EAN: 9789354217036
• ISBN: 9354217036
• ID: 33445903
• Nakladatelství: Alpha Edition
• Hmotnost: 1719 g
• Rozměry: 280 × 216 × 38 mm
• Datum vydání: 19. November 2020

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