History of religion Books

Book SynopsisEssays bring out the important and complex roles played by Anglo-Saxon churchmen, including Bede and lesser-known figures. Both episcopal and abbatial authority were of fundamental importance to the development of the Christian church in Anglo-Saxon England. Bishops and heads of monastic houses were invested with a variety of types of power and influence. Their actions, decisions, and writings could change not only their own institutions, but also the national church, while their interaction with the king and his court affected wider contemporary society. Theories of ecclesiastical leadership were expounded in contemporary texts and documents. But how far did image or ideal reflect reality? How much room was there for individuals to use their office to promote new ideas? The papers in this volumeillustrate the important roles played by individual leading ecclesiastics in England, both within the church and in the wider political sphere, from the late seventh to the mid eleventh century. The undeniable authority of Bede and Bishop Æthelwold is demonstrated but also the influence of less-familiar figures such as Bishop Wulfsige of Sherborne, Archbishop Ecgberht of York and St Leoba. The book draws on both textual and material evidence to show the influence (by both deed and reputation) of powerful personalities not only on the developing institutions of the English church but also on the secular politics of their time. Contributors: Alexander R. Rumble, Nicholas J.Higham, Martyn J. Ryan, Cassandra Rhodes, Allan Scott McKinley, Dominik Wassenhoven, Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Debby Banham, Joyce Hill.Trade ReviewOffer[s] much of value to students of the Anglo-Saxon church. * EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE *Filled with historical context and insight, particularly for those who work on the religious prose of Anglo-Saxon England. * YEARS WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *Underlines the significance of the ecclesiastical elite in Anglo-Saxon England. * NORTHERN HISTORY, L, no. 2, September 2013 *A valuable collection of essays on a range of important subjects. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Church Leadership and the Anglo-Saxons - Alexander R. Rumble Bede and the Early English Church - Nicholas Higham Archbishop Ecgberht and his Dialogus - Martin Ryan Abbatial Responsibility as Spiritual Labour: Suckling from the Male Breast - Cassandra Rhodes Understanding the Earliest Bishops of Worcester c. 660-860 - Allan Scott McKinley The Role of Bishops in Anglo-Saxon Succession Struggles, 955 x 978 - Dominik Wassenhoven Image-Making: Portraits of Anglo-Saxon Church Leaders - Gale R. Owen-Crocker 'To Keep Silence Following the Rule's Command': Bishop Æthelwold, Reforming Ideology and Communication by Signs - Debby Banham Wulfsige of Sherborne's Reforming Text - Joyce Hill From Winchester to Canterbury: Ælfheah and Stigand - Bishops, Archbishops and Victims - Alexander R. Rumble

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Book SynopsisIlluminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland. The Culture of Controversy investigates arguments about religion in Scotland from the Restoration to the death of Queen Anne and outlines a new model for thinking about collective disagreement in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies. Rejecting teleological concepts of the 'public sphere', the book instead analyses religious debates in terms of a distinctively early modern 'culture of controversy'. This culture was less rational and less urbanised than the public sphere. Traditional means of communication such as preaching and manuscript circulation were more important than newspapers and coffeehouses. As well as verbal forms of discourse, controversial culture was characterised by actions, rituals and gestures. People from all social ranks and all regions of Scotland were involved in religious arguments, but popular participation remained of questionable legitimacy. Through its detailedand innovative examination of the arguments raging between and within Scotland's main religious groups, the presbyterians and episcopalians, over such issues as Church government, state oaths and nonconformity, The Culture ofControversy reveals hitherto unexamined debates about religious enthusiasm, worship and clerical hypocrisy. It also illustrates the changing nature of the fault line between the presbyterians and episcopalians and contextualises the emerging issues of religious toleration and articulate irreligion. Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Scotland and will be particularly valuable to all those with an interest in early modern British history. Alasdair Raffe is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.Trade Review[A] fascinating and insightful study, which offers many vignettes of early modern Scottish religious controversy whilst making a real contribution to a better understanding of the situation of the Scottish churches in this period. * SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF THEOLOGY *An impeccably researched and stimulating account of religious dispute in Scotland from 1660 to 1714, and it will be essential reading for future scholars of Scottish religion in the period. * SCOTTISH ARCHIVES *Raffe's book, much like the impassioned and truculent debates that form the focus of his study, should in turn generate new debates centred on religious pluralism, toleration, scepticism and irreligion. * HISTORY SCOTLAND *An extremely impressive debut book by a scholar whose future work will be keenly anticipated by all those interested in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Britain. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *A very well-researched and clearly presented study of polemics during the period. * JOURNAL OF IRISH AND SCOTTISH STUDIES *Deeply researched and exceedingly well written.an important contribution. . A must-read for those interested in religion and public debate in Scotland under the later Stuarts. * JOURNAL OF SCOTTISH HISTORICAL STUDIES *This is an outstanding book. [It] is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the religious issues that exercised Scots in the half century after 1660. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Table of ContentsThe Culture of Controversy Religious Groups and Cultures The Covenants and Conscientious Dissent Persecution Fanatics and Enthusiasts Clerical Reputations Nonconformity Crowd Violence Conclusion: Concepts and Consequences

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Book SynopsisFirst extended study of the ways in which the Irish church changed radically in the twelfth century in response to reform movements from Europe. The twelfth century saw a wide-ranging transformation of the Irish church, a regional manifestation of a wider pan-European reform movement. This book, the first to offer a full account of this change, moves away from the previousconcentration on the restructuring of Irish dioceses and episcopal authority, and the introduction of Continental monastic observances, to widen the discussion. It charts changes in the religious culture experienced by the laityas well as the clergy and takes account of the particular Irish experience within the wider European context. The universal ideals that were defined with increasing clarity by Continental advocates of reform generated a series of initiatives from Irish churchmen aimed at disseminating reform ideology within clerical circles and transmitting it also to lay society, even if, as elsewhere, it often proved difficult to implement in practice. Whatever theobstacles faced by reformist clergy, their genuine concern to transform the Irish church and society cannot be doubted, and is attested in a range of hitherto unexploited sources this volume draws upon. Marie Therese Flanagan is Professor of Medieval History at the Queen's University of Belfast.Trade ReviewIf the significance of a book is measured by its capacity to change how scholars view the subject, [this] is an important publication that will itself transform how the reform and the literature of reform are interpreted, by showing the extent to which European developments and models of ecclesiastical organisation influenced Ireland. * OENACH *This excellent study [...] is a refreshing and comprehensive examination of the indigenous movements which sought to bring Irish Christianity into line with continental practice. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *

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Book SynopsisThe 650th anniversary of the foundation of Wingfield College was the occasion for a special two-day symposium marking the culmination of a three-year UEA-funded research project into the college and castle. The building projects of the late medieval aristocracy focused on their homes and the monasteries, churches or chantry foundations under their patronage where their family were buried and commemorated. This commemoration allowed a visual celebration of their achievements, status and lineage, the scale and prestige of which reflected on the fortunes of the family as a whole. Wingfield is explored in the context of both the actual building of the castle, chantry chapel and the college, and that of the symbolic function of these as a demonstration ion of aristocratic status. The contributions to this book examine many topics which have hitherto been neglected, such as the archaeology of the castle, which had never been excavated, the complex history of the college's architecture, and the detailed study of the monuments in the church. The latest techniques are used to reconstruct the college and castle, with a DVD to demonstrate these. And the context of the family and its fortunes are explored in chapters on the place of the de la Poles in fifteenth century history, as soldiers, administrators and potential claimants to the throne.Trade ReviewThis is a case study at its best. It is both scholarly and accessible to the general reader. * HISTORY *Impressively researched and well-illustrated. * THE RICARDIAN *The collection presents so many ways to approach the topic of a chantry college that readers will walk away understanding how richly multidimensional such institutions truly were. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsIntroduction From hall-and-church complex to castle green and college - a landscape history of Wingfield - Edward Martin Sir John de Wingfield and the foundation of Wingfield College - Mark Bailey Wingfield College and the late medieval cult of purgatory - Eamon Duffy The Foundation and Surrender of Wingfield College Reconstructing Wingfield Castle - Robert E Liddiard Historical digital reconstruction: the role of creativity and known unknowns. A case study of Wingfield College, Suffolk - Peter Bloore Medieval monuments to the de la Pole and Wingfield families - Sally Badham Chapel or closet? The question of the vestry at Wingfield - John Goodall Alice Chaucer, Duchess of Suffolk [d.1475] and her East Anglian estates - R.E. Archer The Wars of the Roses, the downfall of the de la Poles and the dissolution of Wingfield College - Diarmaid MacCulloch Appendix One: Historial timeline for Wingfield College Bibliography

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Book SynopsisEssays offering new approaches to the changing forms of medieval religious masculinity. The complex relationship between masculinity and religion, as experienced in both the secular and ecclesiastical worlds, forms the focus for this volume, whose range encompasses the rabbis of the Babylonian and Palestinian Talmud,and moves via Carolingian and Norman France, Siena, Antioch, and high and late medieval England to the eve of the Reformation. Chapters investigate the creation and reconstitution of different expressions of masculine identity, from the clerical enthusiasts for marriage to the lay practitioners of chastity, from crusading bishops to holy kings. They also consider the extent to which lay and clerical understandings of masculinity existed in an unstable dialectical relationship, at times sharing similar features, at others pointedly different, co-opting and rejecting features of the other; the articles show this interplay to be more far more complicated than a simple linear narrative of either increasing divergence, or of clerical colonization of lay masculinity. They also challenge conventional historiographies of the adoption of clerical celibacy, of the decline of monasticism and the gendered nature of piety. Patricia Cullum is Head of History at the University of Huddersfield; Katherine J. Lewis is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Huddersfield. Contributors: James G. Clark, P.H. Cullum, Kirsten A. Fenton, Joanna Huntington, Katherine J. Lewis, Matthew Mesley, Catherine Sanok, Michael L. Satlow, Rachel Stone, Jennifer D. Thibodeaux, Marita von WeissenbergTrade ReviewCullum and Lewis have assembled an overall strong and insightful collection of sources which should prove valuable to scholars of masculinity, clerical culture and medievalists alike. * JOURNAL OF RELIGION AND CULTURE *A fine set of essays. ... The contributions are well written and argued, and their brief historiographical introductions are very useful. It should provide a springboard for more in-depth study of medieval masculinities. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *[A] stimulating volume. * SEHEPUNKTE *A rich collection that will be of great interest to scholars of clerical and lay masculinities, the hagiography and cults of male saints, and men's piety. * MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsIntroduction From salve to weapon: Torah study, masculinity, and the Babylonian Talmud - Michael L Satlow Gender and hierarchy: Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims [845-882] as a religious man - Rachel Stone The defense of clerical marriage: religious identity and masculinity in the writings of Anglo-Norman clerics - Jennifer Thibodeaux Writing masculinity and religious identity in Henry of Huntingdon - Kirsten Fenton 'The quality of his virtus proved him a perfect man': Hereward 'the Wake' and the representation of lay masculinity - Joanna Huntington Episcopal authority and gender in the narratives of the First Crusade - Matthew M. Mesley 'What man are you?': piety and masculinity in the vitae of a Sienese craftsman and a Provençal nobleman - Marita von Weissenberg 'Imitate, too, this king in virtue, who could have done ill, and did it not': lay sanctity and the rewriting of Henry VI's manliness - Katherine J Lewis John of Bridlington, mitred prior and model of the mixed life - Catherine Sanok Why men became monks in late medieval England - James G. Clark Feasting not fasting: men's devotion to the Eucharist in the later Middle Ages - P H Cullum

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Book SynopsisThe first of four volumes, containing the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorations in Engand and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the British Isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration or for annual commemoration and remembrance. These special prayers, special days of worship and anniversary commemorations were national events, reaching into every parish in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland. They had considerable religious, ecclesiastical, political, ideological, moral and social significance, and they produced important texts: proclamations, council orders, addresses and - in England, Wales and Ireland - prayers or complete liturgies which for specified periods supplemented or replaced the services in the Book of Common Prayer. Many of these acts of special worship and most of the texts have escaped historical notice. National Prayers. Special Worship since the Reformation, in four volumes, provides the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorations. The first volume, SpecialPrayers, Fasts and Thanksgivings in the British Isles 1533-1688, has an extended Introduction to the four volumes and a consolidated list of all the occasions of special worship. It contains texts and commentaries which revealthe origins of special occasions of national worship during the Reformation in both England and Scotland, the development of fast days and wartime prayers later in the sixteenth century, and what we know about the origins of special national worship in Ireland. It also shows how special worship became a recurrent focus and expression of religion and political contention during the seventeenth century. Edited by Natalie Mears, Alasdair Raffe, Stephen Taylor and Philip Williamson (with Lucy Bates).Trade ReviewScholars of both liturgy and history owe [the editors] a debt of thanks. * THE LIVING CHURCH *This is a staggering volume, in every sense..[T]he wealth of material, and the scholarship and editorial accuracy, on display here across such a large volume demand as much awe as they do praise from any scholar who has the good sense to consult it..[It is] a superlative, volume: a revelatory introduction, deeply researched documented head-notes to every service, and lavish finding aids and bibliography. This is a triumph, and another jewel in the crown of the Church of England Record Society. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *This volume (and the whole set) will be a great resource to historians of various types: social, political, military, economic, printing, liturgy, devotion, and so on. The amount of material gathered is substantial, the detail of its presentation and commentary thorough, and the layout conducive to easy access. Thanks for such painstaking work are owed to the editors, their assistants, and the publisher. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsPreface Summary list of particular occasions of special worship, 1533-1688 Reader's guide and editorial conventions List of abbreviations: volume 1 Introduction: General and 1533-1688 Analytical list of particular occasions of special worship, 1533-2012 Special worship and the Book of Common Prayer Printers of official documents Texts and Commentaries, 1533-1688

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive survey and analysis of the Presbyterian community in its important formative period. The Presbyterian community in Ulster was created by waves of immigration, massively reinforced in the 1690s as Scots fled successive poor harvests and famine, and by 1700 Presbyterians formed the largest Protestant community in the north of Ireland. This book is a comprehensive survey and analysis of the Presbyterian community in this important formative period. It shows how the Presbyterians formed a highly organised, self-confident community which exercised a rigorous discipline over its members and had a well-developed intellectual life. It considers the various social groups within the community, demonstrating how the always small aristocratic and gentry component dwindled andwas virtually extinct by the 1730s, the Presbyterians deriving their strength from the middling sorts - clergy, doctors, lawyers, merchants, traders and, in particular, successful farmers and those active in the rapidly growing linen trades - and among the laborious poor. It discusses how Presbyterians were part of the economically dynamic element of Irish society; how they took the lead in the emigration movement to the American colonies; and how they maintained links with Scotland and related to other communities, in Ireland and elsewhere. Later in the eighteenth century, the Presbyterian community went on to form the backbone of the Republican, separatist movement. ROBERT WHAN obtained his Ph.D. in History from Queen's University, Belfast.Trade ReviewAn impressively detailed social history.[W]ritten with great clarity.it is a fine achievement. * REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLÉSIASTIQUE *A significant work [and] a rewarding read. * STUDIA HIBERNICA *Whan corrects an imbalance in Irish historiography by recovering Presbyterian polity as a valid Protestant community, thereby broadening traditional scholarly preoccupation with Anglican issues. * CHOICE *Whan has succeeded in . . . [creating] a needed portrait of Ulster Presbyterians and their social structure in a crucially formative period, helping us to grasp the transformation of Scots settlers into Ulster Presbyterians. * E-KELTOI *Table of ContentsIntroduction Ministers Gentry Merchants and commerce The Professions The Lower Orders Organisation and religious practice Conclusion

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Book SynopsisShows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until inthe 1860s and 1870s it became a dominant source of values and a force for moral reform. Religion in the British Navy explains this shift, outlining how Arctic expeditions showed the need for dependability and character, how Health Returns revealed the full extent of sexual licence and demonstrated the urgency of moral reform, and how manning difficulties in the Russian War of 1854-1856 showed that a modern fleet required a new type of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. The book also discusses how the navy, with its newly awakened religious sensibilities, played a major role in the expansion of Protestant missions globally, in exploration,convict transportation, the expansion of imperial frontiers, and worldwide maritime policing operations. Fervent piety had an effect in all these areas - religion had helped develop a new kind of manliness where piety as well asdaring had a place. RICHARD BLAKE is the author of Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815 (Boydell 2008).Trade Review[A] very satisfying book - engaged and empathetic, thoroughly researched and constructed, and well-written and argued. * VICTORIAN STUDIES *Blake is greatly to be praised for bringing light to a topic that has received insufficient attention. [His] book is very valuable not only for those interested in religious and naval history, but also to those concerned with intellectual history and nineteenth-century reform. -- Jeremy Black * ARCHIVES *Based on a wide reading of sources and carefully argued, this book provides the religious dimension to naval transformation that occurred during the age of reform. * MARINER'S MIRROR *Deserves to be read not just by historians of religion or of the navy but by anyone interested in masculinity, missions, empire or global exchange. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *Richard Blake provides an exceptionally well-written and well-researched volume on religion in the Royal Navy during much of the nineteenth century. . . . The work is a welcome addition to the history and readers will not be disappointed in this highly-recommended book. * NORTHERN MARINER *A useful work that conclusively demonstrates that further study of the role of religion in the institutional history of navies can yield new and valuable knowledge. * INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Barham Bequest The First Decades of Peace The Persistence of Piety 1815-c.1845 Discipline, Rank and Command Health and Morals The Ordained Ministry and Established Church A Rising Tide of Fervent Piety Missionary Expansion Exploration and Survey Responsible Power Conclusion Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst full-length study of Pope Gregory X in relation to Crusade, demonstrating his significant impact. Pope Gregory X stood at the very centre of the crusading movement in the later thirteenth century. An able diplomat, he showed himself adept at navigating the political waters of Europe and the Mediterranean World. His crusade gained the participation of virtually all of the leaders of Western Europe, and even the Byzantine emperor and the Ilkhan of the Mongols: crucial if his crusade were to have a chance of defeating the very formidable and successful Mamluk Sultan Baybars. However, Gregory's premature death put paid to his crusade plans. Perhaps because of this, Gregory has hitherto been somewhat neglected by historians - a gap which this book aims to fill. It provides a full account of his contribution to the Crusade, demonstrating that he left a lasting mark on how crusading would operate in the years to come. PHILIP BALDWIN eceived his doctorate from Queen Mary, University of London.Trade ReviewA thorough and fascinating account....The quality of scholarship is very high. * NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES *Baldwin proves without doubt the importance of papal leadership and forceful curial organization to the success of the crusades, even if in this instance the failure of the crusade came about despite Gregory X's intense efforts. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *Baldwin offers valuable insight on a pope's life, thinking, and conception of a crusade, even though that crusade never occurred. Recommended. * CHOICE *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Early Life of Pope Gregory X 'We Saw With Our Eyes and Felt with Our Very Own Hand': The Importance of Understanding the Condition of the Holy Land Interim Crusade Planning A Problem of Governance: Pope Gregory X, Charles of Anjou, and the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem Political Exigencies and Gregory's Crusade Imagining Gregory's Crusade Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe second of four volumes containing the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship and for each of the annual commemorations in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Since the sixteenth century, the governments and established churches of the British Isles have summoned the nation to special acts of public worship during periods of anxiety and crisis, at times of celebration, or for annual commemoration and remembrance. These special prayers, special days of worship and anniversary commemorations were national events, reaching into every parish in England and Wales, in Scotland, and in Ireland. They had considerable religious, ecclesiastical, political, ideological, moral and social significance, and they produced important texts: proclamations, council orders, addresses and - in England and Wales, and in Ireland - prayers or complete liturgieswhich for specified periods supplemented or replaced the services in the Book of Common Prayer. Many of these acts of special worship and most of the texts have escaped historical notice. National Prayers. Special Worship since the Reformation, in four volumes, provides the edited texts, commentaries and source notes for each of the nearly nine hundred occasions of special worship, and for each of the annual commemorations. The second volume,General Fasts, Thanksgivings and Special Prayers in the British Isles 1689-1870, contains the texts and commentaries for the numerous and frequent special prayers, fast days and thanksgivings during the wars which consolidated the 1688 revolution, through the long imperial wars of the eighteenth century, and the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France, as well as prayers and thanksgivings associated with Jacobite risings, epidemics, socialunrest, and episodes in the lives of the kings and queens.Trade ReviewScholars of both liturgy and history owe [the editors] a debt of thanks. * THE LIVING CHURCH *Handsomely produced and impeccably edited...it is virtually impossible to fault. * PARLIAMENTARY HISTORY *Table of ContentsPreface Summary list of particular occasions of worship, 1689-1870 Reader's guide and editorial conventions List of abbreviations: volume 2 Introduction: 1689-1870 Special worship and the Book of Common Prayer Printers of official documents, 1689-1870

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Book SynopsisReveals a much neglected strand of puritan theology which emphasised the importance of inner happiness and personal piety. The traditional view of puritans is that they were killjoys - serious, austere, gloomy people who closed theatres and abolished Christmas. This book, based on extensive original research, presents a different view. Focusing on both the writings of the leading Independent divine, Ralph Venning, and also on his pastoral work in the 1640s and 1650s when he was successively chaplain to the Tower of London and vicar of St Olave's, Southwark, the book revealsa much neglected strand of puritan theology. This emphasised the importance of inner happiness and the development of a personal piety which, the author argues, was similar in its nature to medieval mysticism, not that differentfrom the piety promoted by earlier metaphysical preachers, and not at all driven by the predestinarian ideas usually associated with puritans, ideas liable to induce a sense of helplessness and despair. In addition, the book reassesses the role of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where Venning was educated, in shaping puritan thought, discusses Max Weber's ideas about puritanism and capitalism especially in relation to recreation and leisure activities, and demonstrates that Venning's strand of puritanism favoured toleration, moderation and church unity to a much greater degree than is usually associated with puritans. Stephen Bryn Roberts was awarded his doctorate from theUniversity of Aberdeen and has been Adjunct Lecturer in Early Modern Church History at International Christian College, Glasgow since 2011.Trade ReviewRoberts's work combines aspects of social, intellectual and cultural history . . . The resulting portrait of Venning's Puritanism than Patrick Collinson's depiction of the stressful relationship between Anglican and Puritan, with a more ambiguous line of demarcation between the two, and a theology less driven by predestinarian ideas. * FIDES ET HISTORIA *[Makes] a significant contribution to Puritan studies..[Roberts] has produced an admirable work on a rather obscure and understudied Puritan. * CHURCH HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS CULTURE *Roberts's study of Venning critically adds to studies that complicate imagery of Puritans. This book is particularly creative in its points about happiness, the individual, and the community . Roberts's book is one of excellent original research and refreshing perspective. * READING RELIGION *From the foreword by John Coffey: 'Meticulously researched and contextualized, Roberts' study should interest historians of Puritan spirituality, Cambridge Platonism, the Reformed tradition, and the religious culture of the English Revolution. * . *From the foreword by Alec Ryrie: 'Venning's vision of the Puritan life, as Roberts lays it out for us, provides a fresh insight into how those who lived through these turbulent years found meaning in them. It also has powerful resonances for an age of 'happiness economics' or 'Christian hedonism', when happiness nevertheless can seem as elusive as ever. * . *Table of ContentsIntroduction Venning's Early Life (c.1621-1643) Venning at Emmanuel College (1643-1650) Venning and the 'Puritan Revolution' (c.1650-1660) Venning, the Restoration and Dissent (1660-1674) Godliness and the Pursuit of Happiness Happiness in Work and Leisure Sin, the Enemy of Happiness Spiritual Growth as the Pursuit of Happiness Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe first modern translation of one of the most influential books to come from the middle ages. The Gilte Legende was widely read as a model for everyday life, including the education of women through examples set by early Christian martyrs. This book divides the lives of female saints into: the "ryght hooly virgins",who vocally defend their bodies against Roman persecution; "holy mothers", who give up their traditional role to pursue a life of contemplation; the "repentant sinners", who convert and voice their defiance against a society thatdemanded silence in women; and the "holy transvestites", who cast off their gender identity to find absolution and salvation. Their lives reach through the ages to speak to a modern audience, forcing a re-examination of women's roles in the medieval period. LARISSA TRACY is Adjunct Assistant Professor of English at Georgetown University and George Mason University. Series editor JANE CHANCETrade Review[The author] is to be commended for her effort to make these important and interesting legends accessible to a wider audience. * ANGLIA *

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Book SynopsisOne of the most important medieval writers studied in historical and literary context. Julian of Norwich, the fourteenth/early fifteenth-century anchoress and mystic, is one of the most important and best-known figures of the Middle Ages. Her Revelations, intense visions of the divine, have been widely studied and read; the first known writings of an English woman, their influence extends over theology and literature. However, many aspects of both her life and thought remain enigmatic. This exciting new collection offers a comprehensive, accessible coverage of the key aspects of debate surrounding Julian. It places the author within a wide range of contemporary literary, social, historical and religious contexts, and also provides a wealth of new insightsinto manuscript traditions, perspectives on her writing and ways of interpreting it, building on the work of many of the most active and influential researchers within Julian studies, and including the fruits of the most recent,ground-breaking findings. It will therefore be a vital companion for all of Julian's readers in the twenty-first century. Dr Liz Herbert McAvoy is Senior Lecturer in Gender in English and Medieval Studies at Swansea University. Contributors: Denise M. Baker, Alexandra Barratt, Marleen Cré, Elisabeth Dutton,Vincent Gillespie, Cate Gunn, Ena Jenkins, E.A. Jones, Liz Herbert McAvoy, Laura Saetveit Miles, Kim M. Philips, Elizabeth Robertson,Sarah Salih, Annie Sutherland, Diane Watt, Barry Windeatt.Trade ReviewA book that amply rewards its readers with a helpful overview of the current state of Julian scholarship as well as a guide to fitting the many fascinating aspects of Julian's writing into a coherent whole. * SIXTEENTH CENTURY JOURNAL *The most significant contribution to Julian studies in 2008. * YEAR'S WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES *It is good to have a study that places this so often most decontextualised of English mystics amongst contemporary writings and readers. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *By honestly summarizing what we do know about Julian, and then providing a range of interesting interpretations of this, the volume is definitely a stimulating introduction to contemporary debates around Julian. [...] The book is an excellent companion [...]. * PARERGON *This Companion is most welcome. * BULLETIN CODICOLOGIQUE *This collection provides accessible coverage of a range of debates about this popular late medieval figure. Containing important new work and tracing well-known debates about Julian, it will be a useful companion for both teachers and researchers. * JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND GERMANIC PHILOLOGY *Provides a valuable examination of current debates about the facts and assumptions regarding Julian's life and texts. [...] I strongly recommend it as a library purchase for the use of serious researchers as well as teachers introducing their students to Julian. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *It is refreshing to be reminded that scholarship is of value for its own sake, and can reveal insights in familiar texts that continue to awaken our attention to what God still seeks to reveal to us. The second half of the collection contains some fascinating observations on interpretation which really begin to dig deep into the genius of Julian and why she holds such attraction for us today. * CHURCH TIMES *Table of ContentsIntroduction: `God forbade...that I am a techere': Who or what was Julian? Femininities and the Gentry in Late Medieval East Anglia: Ways of Being - Kim M Phillips `A recluse atte Norwyche': Images of Medieval Norwich and Julian's Revelati ons - Cate Gunn `No such sitting': Julian Tropes the Trinity - John Sexton, Book Reviews Editor Julian of Norwich and the Varieties of Middle English Mystical Discourse - Denise N Baker Saint Julian of the Apocalypse - Diane Watt Anchoritic Aspects of Julian of Norwich - E A Jones Julian of Norwich and the Liturgy - Annie Sutherland Julian's Second Thoughts: The Long Text Tradition - Barry A Windeatt `This blessed beholdyng': Reading the Fragments from Julian of Norwich's Revelation of Divine Love in London, Westminster Cathedral Treasury MS4MS4 - Marleen Cre The Seventeenth-century Manuscript Tradition and the Influence of Augustine Baker - Elisabeth Dutton Julian of Norwich's `Modernist Style' and the Creation of Audience - Elizabeth Robertson Space and Enclosure in Julian of Norwich's A Revelation of Love - Laura Saetveit Miles `For we be doubel of God's making': Writing, Gender and the Body in Julian of Norwich - Liz Herbert McAvoy Julian's Revelation of Love: A Web of Metaphor - Ena Jenkins `[S]he do the police in different voices': Pastiche, Ventriloquism and Parody in Julian of Norwich - Vincent Gillespie Julian's Afterlives - Sarah Salih Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn investigation into texts specifically addressed to women sheds new light on female literary cultures. From the tenth to the twelfth centuries in England and Scotland we have scant evidence of women's writing. How, then, can we access these women's experiences? This book argues that by analysing texts deliberately written for and addressed directly to women we gain an insight into the horizons of possibility for their lives. It examines religious texts addressed to women, bringing together works that are more widely studied with others that are less well known, and demonstrates continuities across Old English and Latin texts written for female readers and patrons across the Conquest period. Case studies, ranging from Ælfric's sermons to Aelred's De institutione inclusarum, from the Life of Christina of Markyate to Goscelin's saints' lives for Wilton and Barking Abbeys, attend to the intimate scripts women were encouraged to inhabit through a close focus on the form of the textual address. By concentrating on address, the book illuminates how women were encouraged to live, and by following women's commissioning and copying of texts, it demonstrates which of these textual addresses women valued and attempted to follow.Trade ReviewAddressing Women in Early Medieval Religious Texts provides a clear and concise analysis that demonstrates the importance of thinking closely about how women were address in medieval texts and what this can reveal about how women were not only encouraged to, but also how they wanted to, live their lives. -- Peritia: Jnl of Medieval Academy of IrelandKathryn Maude's excellent first book Addressing Women in Early Medieval Religious Texts addresses the difficult question of sparse records of women's writing in early medieval England. The project is smart, careful, and well written. Maude's book is sharp, cogent, and a valuable contribution to religious studies, English literature, and the history of women in the early Middle Ages. -- Erik Wade * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsIntroduction. Behealde ge wif: Addressing Women in Early Medieval England and Scotland Chapter 1. Addressing Laywomen in Old English Sermons Chapter 2. Addressing the Recluse in Aelred's De institutione inclusarum and Goscelin's Liber confortatorius Chapter 3. Addressing Holy Women in the Life of Christina of Markyate and the Life of Margaret of Scotland Chapter 4. Addressing Nuns in Goscelin's Hagiography for Wilton and Barking Abbeys Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisFirst comprehensive survey of a major genre of medieval English texts: its purpose, characteristics, and reception. The "bestseller list" of medieval England would have included many manuals for penitents: works that could teach the public about the process of confession, and explain the abstract concept of sin through familiar situations. Among these 'bestselling' works were the Manuel des péchés (commonly known through its English translation Handlyng Synne), The Speculum Vitae, and Chaucer's Parson's Tale. This book is the first full-length overview of this body of writing and its material and social contexts. It shows that while manuals for penitents developed under the Church's control, they also became a site of the Church's concern. Manuals such as the Compileison (which was addressed to a much broader audience than its English analogue, Ancrene Wisse) brought learning that had been controlled by the Church into the hands of layfolk and, in so doing, raised significant concerns over who should have access to knowledge. Clerics worried that these manuals might accidentally teach people new sins, remind them of old ones, or become sites of prurient interest. This finding, and others explored in this book, call for a new awareness of the complications and contradictions inherent in late medieval orthodoxy and reveal plainly that even writing that happened firmly within the Church's control could promote new and complex ways of thinking about religion and the self.Trade ReviewKrista Murchison's brilliant in-depth study of casts light on an area that has received little focused attention. She challenges the long-standing idea that modernity was largely a development of the early modern Renaissance mind. The focus on the self-reflection literature of this earlier period is an engaging attempt to demystify the medieval by examining a wildly popular genre of medieval writing. This is a brilliant piece of scholarship and will be an excellent addition to reading lists focusing on church history and lay practices. -- Lynette White, Birkbeck, University of London * History *Manuals for Penitents successfully illustrates that a body of writing which has often been seen solely as orthodox, impersonal, and repetitive contained complications and contradictions that promoted independent thought and an interest in the self. Murchison's monograph sheds new light on these undervalued and yet highly popular medieval texts. -- Diana Denissen * Medium Ævum *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Teaching Sin Part I. Self-Examination Writing before 1250 1 Sin in the Cloister 2 'A Woman in Whom Great Trust was Placed': Differentiated Education and Ancrene Wisse Part II. Manuals for Penitents, 1250-1300 3 Learning about Sin 4 'De privetez n'i troverét rien': The Compileison and 'Anxieties of Outreach' Part III. Manuals for Penitents, 1300-13505 A Reforming Curriculum 6 Teaching Virtue 'To enden in som vertuous sentence': Concluding with Chaucer's Parson Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn examination of hagiographical traditions and their impact. Icelanders venerated numerous saints, both indigenous and from overseas, in the Middle Ages. However, although its literary elite was well acquainted with contemporary Continental currents in hagiographic compositions, theological discussions, and worship practices, much of the history of the learned European networks through which the Icelandic cult of the saints developed and partially survived the Lutheran Reformation remains obscure. The essays collected in this volume address this lacuna by exploring the legacies of the cult of some of the most prominent saints and holy men in medieval Iceland (the Virgin Mary along with SS Agnes of Rome, Benedict of Nursia, Catherine of Alexandria, Dominic of Caleruega, Michael the Archangel, Jón of Hólar, Þorlákr of Skálholt, Lárentíus of Hólar, and Guðmundr the Good), using evidence drawn from Old Norse-Icelandic and Latin hagiographic literature, homilies, prayers, diplomas, sacred art, place-names, and church dedications. By placing the medieval Icelandic cult of the saints within its wider European context, the contributions trace new historical routes of cultural transmission and define the creative processes of the accommodation and adaptation of foreign hagiographic sources and models in medieval and early modern Iceland. They provide a clear picture of an Icelandic hagiographic literature and culture that celebrates the splendour of the saints; they also show how an engaging literary genre, which became immensely popular on the island throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, was created.Trade ReviewThis collection, though, certainly counts as fine work: it is a wonderful testimony to the vibrancy of recent research on the cults of saints in Iceland and its potential for giving us new insights into literary culture both in the early twelfth century and into the Reformation and beyond. -- Siân Grønlie * Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction: The Splendor of the Saints DARIO BULLITTA Rannsǫkun heilagra bóka: The Search for Holy Books 2 Medieval Icelandic Hagiography: The State of the Art KIRSTEN WOLF 3 An Old Norse Adaptation of an All Saints Sermon by Maurice de Sully STEPHEN PELLE 4 The Tuscan Provenance of Framfǫr Maríu DARIO BULLITTA Heilagir byskupar: Holy Bishops 5 Latin Oratory at the Edge of the World: The Fragments of Gizurr Hallsson's *Gesta Scalotensis ecclesie presulum and the *Vita sancti Thorlaci GOTTSKÁLK JENSSON 6 Three Scenes from Jóns saga helga: A Typological Mode of Thought in Early Icelandic Hagiography HAKI ANTONSSON 7 Lárentíus saga byskups: Between History and Historiography FULVIO FERRARI 8 Remembering Saints and Bishops in Medieval Iceland ÁSDÍS EGILSDÓTTIR Heilagir karlar ok englar: Holy Men and Angels 9 Þat vóro lavg munka: A Reading of Benedikts saga in Light of the Regula sancti Benedicti MAURO CAMIZ 10 The Lore of St Dominic in Medieval Iceland and Norway SIMONETTA BATTISTA 11 The Veneration of St Michael in Medieval Iceland MARGARET CORMACK Heilagar meyjar: Holy Maidens 12 Katrínarhólar: St Catherine's Hills, Milk, and Mount Sinai HELGI ÞORLÁKSSON 13 St Agnes of Rome in Late Medieval and Early Modern Icelandic Verse NATALIE M. VAN DEUSEN Bibliography Index of Manuscripts General Index

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Book SynopsisEssays on women and devotional literature in the Middle Ages in commemoration and celebration of the respected feminist scholar Catherine Innes-Parker. Silence was a much-lauded concept in the Middle Ages, particularly in the context of religious literature directed at women. Based on the Pauline prescription that women should neither preach nor teach, and should at all times keep speech to a minimum, the concept of silence lay at the forefront of many devotional texts, particularly those associated with various forms of women's religious enclosure. Following the example of the Virgin Mary, religious women were exhorted to speak seldom, and then only seriously and devoutly. However, as this volume shows, such gendered exhortations to silence were often more rhetorical than literal. The contributions range widely: they consider the English 'Wooing Group' texts and female-authored visionary writings from the Saxon nunnery of Helfta in the thirteenth century; works by Richard Rolle and the Dutch mystic Jan van Ruusbroec in the fourteenth century; Anglo-French treatises, and books housed in the library of the English noblewoman Cecily Neville in the fifteenth century; and the resonant poetics of women from non-Christian cultures. But all demonstrate the ways in which silence, rather than being a mere absence of speech, frequently comprised a form of gendered articulation and proto-feminist point of resistance. They thus provide an apt commemoration and celebration of the deeply innovative work of Catherine Innes-Parker (1956-2019), the respected feminist scholar and a pioneer of this important field of study.Table of ContentsPreface: Tributes to Catherine Innes-Parker by Shannon Murray and Anne Savage Introduction: Speaking of Past and Present: Giving Voice to Silence - CATE GUNN, LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY and NAOË KUKITA YOSHIKAWA PART I: THE WOOING GROUP: SILENCE AND ARTICULATION Voicing the Creed in On Lofsong of ure Louerde - ANNIE SUTHERLAND Breath Courting Silence in The Wohunge of Ure Lauerd - DENIS RENEVEY Of Loves Both Spoken and Silent: Rābiʿa al-ʿAdawiyya and the Wooing Group - AYOUSH LAZIKANI PART II: DEVOTIONAL TEXTS AND THEIR INTERTEXTS Sourcing a Critical Edition of A Talkyng of the Loue of God - MARGARET HEALY-VARLEY Speaking beyond the Anchorhold in Richard Rolle's Form of Living - JENNIFER N. BROWN 'Speech is silver, silence gold': Enclosure and Silence in Late Medieval Texts for Religious Women - ANNE MOURON Arboreal Articulation: The Testimony of Trees in the Late-Medieval Religious Imaginary - LIZ HERBERT MCAVOY PART III: HEARING AND SPEAKING: UNCOVERING THE FEMALE READER Vernacular Textuality in Thirteenth-Century England: The Ancrene Wisse Group Recontextualized - NICHOLAS WATSON Not So Silent After All: Women Intellectuals and Readers in Medieval Oxford - KATHRYN KERBY-FULTON A Ladder for Sisters - MICHAEL SARGENT PART IV: MANUSCRIPTS SPEAKING ACROSS BORDERS Silence, Sources and Medieval Women: From Alien Bride to Spiritual Director - JOCELYN WOGAN-BROWNE Anchoritic Interplay between Jan van Ruusbroec's The Spiritual Espousals and its Contributions to The Chastising of God's Children - MICHELLE M. SAUER Cecily Neville's Devotional Library: Networks of Readers and Models of Female Piety - NAOË KUKITA YOSHIKAWA Envoi: 'Þis seli stilðe': Silence and Stillness in the Anchorhold: Lessons for the Modern World? - CATE GUNN Bibliography of the Writings of Catherine Innes-Parker Index Tabula in Memoriam

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Book SynopsisThe Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain is planned as one work to be published in three interlinking volumes (titles/publication dates detailed below). It examines the history of the French communities in Britain from the Civil War, which plunged them into turmoil, to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, after which there was no realistic possibility that the Huguenots would be readmitted to France. There is a particular focus on the decades of the 1680s and 1690s, at once the most complex, the most crucial, and the most challenging alike for the refugees themselves and for subsequent historians. This volume explains when refugees fled France, and what drove them to settle in some regions of Britain but not others. Recent scholarship has lowered former estimates of refugee numbers across Europe, but careful analysis of the available evidence suggests that for Britain, previous estimates have been low and need upward revision. European historians have accepted Pierre Bayles assertion that the Netherlands were the great ark of the refugees too uncritically. While Bayles remark was true enough when the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, by 1700 England had emerged as the most significant refugee centre. In particular, London came to house by far the largest Huguenot community in exile, and the reasons for the capitals huge appeal are examined. Historians have debated the reception that awaited the Huguenots in Britain. Were they warmly welcomed, sullenly accepted, or consciously opposed? The answer varied over time and place, but this book argues that overall they met an exceptionally sympathetic welcome. Part of the evidence lies in the extraordinary efforts made to give them economic support, involving the creation of a special administrative bureaucracy with a high-powered French Committee to administer relief funds under the supervision of an even higher-powered English Committee which audited its work. A chapter is devoted to the relief process. Appendices list all known lay officers of the French congregations and reproduce some little-known key documents. Volume I: Crisis, Renewal, and the Ministers Dilemma 978-1-84519-618-9 (2015); Volume III: The Huguenots and the Defeat of Louis XIVs France 978-1-84519-620-2 (2020).Trade Review"Dr Gwynn has devoted 50 years to chronicling the lives of the Huguenots in Britain and this is the second of three volumes which will surely be the definitive study of that resolute and enterprising community. It came as a surprise to this Cambridge dweller to learn that there was a substantial settlement at Thorney in the heart of the fens but one is left with an overwhelming impression of the importance of London as a destination, with churches in Threadneedle Street, Soho Square (still there) and of course Spitalfields. The author shows that it was England rather than the Netherlands which became the refuge for the Huguenots who set up the silk looms they had carried into exile from the persecutions of Louis XIV. The church they built on the corner of Brick Lane and Fournier Street, Spitalfields, still exists, now a mosque, having previously served as a Methodist chapel and Ashkenazi synagogue: a microcosm of the history of the immigrant history of Londons East End. Fascinating material for scholars of the period." Stephen Halliday, Times Higher Education, January 2018

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Book SynopsisThe Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 was enacted within France, but shook all Europe. This was especially true in Britain, by 1700 the home of the largest concentration of Huguenot refugees. Recent historians have dismissed religious persecution as irrelevant to French economic and political decline from the 1680s. This volume, though, shows the refugees played a central role in France’s economic woes and Louis XIV’s eventual defeat as they helped pave the way for William III’s initial success in England in 1688, then assisted in the consolidation of his power. Using markedly different sets of primary sources, the book establishes three key conclusions. First, the importance of the refugees in relation to the Glorious Revolution in England. Second, the vital contribution of Huguenot soldiers in Ireland, especially at the bloodiest battle of the Irish wars at Aughrim in 1691, which was definitive in a way the better-known battle of the Boyne was not. Third, the significance of the close connections between the French Church of London at Threadneedle Street and the foundation of the Bank of England in 1694 and its survival through its troubled early years. Without the persecutions in France, William would not have succeeded in his near-bloodless invasion of England, which for the first time enabled a coalition that the French king could not simply browbeat and dominate. Nor could William have thereafter secured his position militarily and financially in time to check Louis and establish the foundations for later English successes. Louis XIV’s treatment of the Huguenots was fundamental both to his eventual defeat, and to Britain’s rising power in the early eighteenth century.Table of ContentsList of Maps, Tables and Figures Preface Abbreviations Chronological Table and Note on Dates Glossary of Terms I. Introductory Chapter Part One: Revolution II. The Royal Need, 1687 III. The Crisis of the Age: A Climate of Fear, Developments in the 1680s and the Refugee Presence Part Two: The Irish Wars, 1689-92 IV. 1689: Schomberg in Ireland V. The Irish Campaign, 1690-92 Part Three: Finance VI. The Huguenot Presence at the Birth of the Bank of England (I) VII. The Huguenot Presence at the Birth of the Bank of England (II) Conclusion: The Huguenots and the Defeat of Louis XIV Epilogue Appendices 1. Huguenot Army Officers in the Service of the Crown in the Later Stuart Period 2. Some Rank-and-file Huguenot Soldiers, 1699 3. Elders and Deacons of the French Church of London, Threadneedle Street, 1640-1713 Errata and Corrigenda for Volumes 1 and 2 Selected Consolidated Bibliography (Volumes I-III) Index

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Book SynopsisThis book presents an academic introduction to the life and teachings of five Middle Eastern founders of religion -- five individuals whose systems of faith, thought, and action have won the allegiance of millions. All believed to have experienced a personal encounter with the divine -- a "voice" directly from the "beyond" -- to proclaim God's message to the community or people to which they belonged. All attracted followers and opponents. Similarities in their religious outlook abound; but differences between the five pervade their approach toward society and culture, with issues of law, war, women, morality, ethics, the kingdom of God, life after death, and eternal judgment distinguishing their respective beliefs. An Introduction provides an overview of the political history of the Middle East based on four periods (Early, Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman) and a brief description of the surviving religious traditions of the Middle East (including a proposal regarding the nature of so-called "selected" individuals). Five chapter texts separately address each religious founder from the viewpoint of readers from the Judaic and Christian traditions in terms of the religious world into which each individual appeared; the traditional account as presented by available sources or evidences; the reliability of the available sources or evidences for reconstructing their biographies; and a critical assessment of both the sources or evidences and the traditional account. A concluding chapter compares the similarities and differences of the received divine messages, and notes that no new message has ever succeeded in shaking off entirely the influence of the faith from which it arose. The work has been specifically designed for student adoption in Religious Studies.

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Book SynopsisThe Huguenots in Later Stuart Britain is planned as one work to be published in three interlinking volumes (titles/publication dates detailed below). It examines the history of the French communities in Britain from the Civil War, which plunged them into turmoil, to the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, after which there was no realistic possibility that the Huguenots would be readmitted to France. There is a particular focus on the decades of the 1680s and 1690s, at once the most complex, the most crucial, and the most challenging alike for the refugees themselves and for subsequent historians. This volume explains when refugees fled France, and what drove them to settle in some regions of Britain but not others. Recent scholarship has lowered former estimates of refugee numbers across Europe, but careful analysis of the available evidence suggests that for Britain, previous estimates have been low and need upward revision. European historians have accepted Pierre Bayles assertion that the Netherlands were the great ark of the refugees too uncritically. While Bayles remark was true enough when the Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685, by 1700 England had emerged as the most significant refugee centre. In particular, London came to house by far the largest Huguenot community in exile, and the reasons for the capitals huge appeal are examined. Historians have debated the reception that awaited the Huguenots in Britain. Were they warmly welcomed, sullenly accepted, or consciously opposed? The answer varied over time and place, but this book argues that overall they met an exceptionally sympathetic welcome. Part of the evidence lies in the extraordinary efforts made to give them economic support, involving the creation of a special administrative bureaucracy with a high-powered French Committee to administer relief funds under the supervision of an even higher-powered English Committee which audited its work. A chapter is devoted to the relief process. Appendices list all known lay officers of the French congregations and reproduce some little-known key documents. Volume I: Crisis, Renewal, and the Ministers Dilemma 978-1-84519-618-9 (2015); Volume III: The Huguenots and the Defeat of Louis XIVs France 978-1-84519-620-2 (2020)

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Book SynopsisThe Council of Chalcedon in 451 was a defining moment in the Christological controversies that tore apart the churches of the Eastern Roman Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries. Theological division, political rivalry and sectarian violence combined to produce what ultimately became separate Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian churches, a schism that persists to this day. Whether seen as a milestone in the development of orthodox doctrine or as a divisive and misguided cause of schism, Chalcedon is chiefly remembered for its Definition of Faith, a classic expression of Christian belief in Christ as both God and man. The council also dealt with other contentious issues relating to individuals and to the rights of various sees; its famous Canon 28 was crucial in the development of the patriarchate of Constantinople. Little attention, however, has been devoted to the process by which these results were reached, the day-by-day deliberations of the council as revealed in its Acts. These are particularly illuminating for the politics of the late antique church and its relations with the civil power, and contain moments of high drama. This edition, based on both the Greek and Latin versions of the Acts, is the first translation in a modern western language, and the first annotated edition. In addition to the minutes, it includes a selection of the attendant documentation, relating to imperial policy and the stance of the papacy. This book is a 3 volume set.Trade ReviewWhat a pleasure to take up this wonderful three volume edition of the Acts of the Council. There is much more of interest in these volumes and they will be useful sources for reflecting on our own Oriental Orthodox response to Chalcedon. A new paperback edition has now been produced by the Liverpool University Press and this will make this valuable resource even more affordable. Peter Theodore Farrington, The Glastonbury Review, Issue No. 115 * The Glastonbury Review, Issue No. 115 *Price and his colleagues have supplied a wealth of ideas and resources for investigating the history of church councils. Kevin Uhalde, Early Medieval Europe 19 (3)

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Book SynopsisIn The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes Raymond Davis continues from the year AD 715, where his Book of the Pontiffs (revised edition, Liverpool, 2000) stopped, and deals with the next nine biographies from the Liber Pontificalis of the Roman Church down to AD 817. This was the period which saw much of Italy shake off what was left of Byzantine control, the development of the tempo­ral sovereignty of the papacy, the collapse of the Lombard kingdom and the involvement of the Franks in Italian affairs – the coronation of Charlemagne as Emperor by Pope Leo III being the best known inci­dent. Sources for this crucial century in European history are relatively plentiful from north of the Alps but far less so from Italy; and it is these biographies from Rome, compiled by contemporary writers as a semi­official papal chronicle, which provide by far the most detailed account of much of the history from the Italian perspective. Politics apart, the biographies, with their details of donations made to churches in Rome, provide a wealth of information of great value to art historians.Trade ReviewAnyone interested in the revolutionary developments of the 715 to 817 period…will welcome Davis’s valuable work. * Catholic Historical Review *Davis’s Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes is more than just a translation; it is an invaluable contribution to the study of the early middle ages. * Ecclesiastical History *Table of Contents Preface Introduction The Manuscripts of the Liber Pontifical is for the Lives from AD 715 onwards Texts and Commentaries Abbreviations The Lives of the Eighth-Century Popes 9l Gregory 11 (715-731): introduction translation 92 Gregory III (731-741): introduction translation 93 Zacharias (741-752): introduction Domuscultae translation 94 Stephen 11 (752-757): introduction translation 95 Paul (757-767): introduction translation 96 Stephen III (768-772): introduction translation 97 Hadrian I (772-795): introduction translation 98 Leo III (795-816): introduction The Chronology of the Life of Leo III The Catalogue of Donations in 807 Omissions from the Catalogue of 807 translation 99 Stephen IV (816-817): introduction translation Glossary Bibliography Index of Persons and Places Maps of Italy and of Rome

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Book SynopsisThe Council of Constantinople of 553 (often called Constantinople II or the Fifth Ecumenical Council) has been described as ‘by far the most problematic of all the councils’, because it condemned two of the greatest biblical scholars and commentators of the patristic era – Origen and Theodore of Mopsuestia – and because the pope of the day, Vigilius, first condemned the council and then confirmed its decisions only under duress. The present edition makes accessible to the modern reader the acts of the council, session by session, and the most important related documents, particularly those that reveal the shifting stance of Pope Vigilius, veering between heroic resistance and abject compliance. The accompanying commentary and substantial introduction provide a background narrative of developments since Chalcedon, a full analysis of the policy of the emperor Justinian (who summoned and dominated the council) and of the issues in the debate, and information on the complex history of both the text and the council’s reception. The editor argues that the work of the council deserves a more sympathetic evaluation that it has generally received in western Christendom, since it arguably clarified rather than distorted the message of Chalcedon and influenced the whole subsequent tradition of eastern Orthodoxy. In interpreting Chalcedon the conciliar acts provide a fascinating example of how a society – in this case the imperial Church of Byzantium – determines its identity by how it understands its past.Trade ReviewThere are many amusing and clever asides which make these two volumes not only an important contribution to historical scholarship and research but a pleasure to read. Lionel Wickham, Journal of Theological StudiesPrice’s extra labour in supplying detailed indices and an up-to-date bibliography makes this volume a valuable aid to research as well as an accessible introduction to the doctrinal and political issues surrounding the Fifth Ecumenical Council. Kevin Uhalde, Early Medieval Europe 19 (3)'Not only impressive from the standpoint of the work it represents, but also useful for historians of the late Antiquity as well as for those interested in the councils of that time.' (Translated from French)Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storiaTable of Contents Preface Abbreviations GENERAL INTRODUCTION I. The Road from Chalcedon 451–518 II. The Ecclesiastical Policy of the Emperor Justinian III. The Trials of Pope Vigilius IV. The Theology: Problems and Solutions V. The Three Chapters 1. Theodore of Mopsuestia 2. The Controversial Writings of Theodoret 3. The Letter of Ibas to Mari the Persian VI. The Reception of the Council VII. Texts and Versions LETTERS FROM AFRICA (545–6) 1. Bishop Pontianus to Justinian 2. Ferrandus, Letter 6 to the Deacons of Rome JUSTINIAN, EDICT ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH (551) LETTERS BY OR ON POPE VIGILIUS (551–2) 1. Letter of Excommunication to Ascidas and Menas 2. Letter from the Church of Milan to the Frankish Envoys 3. Encyclical Letter, Dum in Sanctae Euphemiae THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF 553 Session I, 5 May Session II, 8 May Session III, 9 May Session IV, 12 May Session V, 17 May VOLUME ONE TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME TWO Abbreviations THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF 553 Session VI, 19 May 3 Session VII, 26 May 72 Session VIII, 2 June 102 VIGILIUS, THE TWO CONSTITUTA (553–4) 1. First Constitutum 141 2. Second Letter to Eutychius of Constantinople 214 3. Second Constitutum 219 APPENDICES I. The Anti-Origenist Canons (543 and 553) 1. Canons of 543 2. Letter of Justinian to the Council (553) 3. Canons of 553 II. The Attendance and Subscription Lists MAPS 1. Patriarchates and Provinces 2. The Balkans 3. Western Asia Minor 4. Eastern Asia Minor 5. Syria and Palestine 6. Egypt 7. Italy and Africa GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Primary Sources 2. Secondary Literature INDICES 1. Persons in the Texts 2. Documents 3. The Commentary

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Book SynopsisThe question of religion, its contemporary and future significance and its role in society and state is currently perceived as an urgent one by many and is widely discussed within the public sphere. But it has also long been one of the core topics of the historically oriented social sciences. The immense stock of knowledge furnished by the history of religion and religious studies, theology, sociology and history has to be introduced into the public conscience today. This can promote greater awareness of the contemporary global religious situation and its links with politics and economics and counter rash syntheses such as the “clash of civilizations”. This volume is concerned with the connections between religions and the social world and with the extent, limits, and future of secularization. The first part deals with major religious traditions and their explicit or implicit ideas about the individual, social and political order. The second part gives an overview of the religious situation in important geographical areas. Additional contributions analyze the legal organization of the relationship between state and religion in a global perspective and the role of the natural sciences in the process of secularization. The contributors are internationally renowned scholars like Winfried Brugger, José Casanova, Friedrich Wilhelm Graf, Hans Joas, Hans G. Kippenberg, Gudrun Krämer, David Martin, Eckart Otto and Rudolf Wagner.Trade Review... the publication of these conference papers is to be welcomed as the scope of them is precise and original, and the chapters generally are of a high quality. Finally, it has to be remarked that Alex Skinner has done a first-rate job of translating the papers into a flowing and coherent English.Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Volume 19, No 1Table of Contents Notes on Contributors Foreword - Hans Joas and Klaus Wiegandt Society, State and Religion: Their Relationship from the Perspective of the World Religions: An Introduction - Hans Joas 1. Catholic Christianity - Cardinal Karl Lehmann 2. Protestantism - Friedrich Wilhelm Graf 3. The Departure and Return of God: Secularization and Theologization in Judaism - Eckart Otto 4. Islam and Secularization - Gudrun Krämer 5. Hinduism - Heinrich von Stietencron 6. Secularization: Confucianism and Buddhism - Rudolf G.Wagner 7. From Hostility through Recognition to Identification: State–Church Models and their Relationship to Freedom of Religion - Winfried Brugger 8. ‘Science Doesn’t Tremble’: The Secular Natural Sciences and the Modern Feeling for Life - Ernst Peter Fischer 9. The Religious Situation in Europe - José Casanova 10. The Religious Situation in the USA - Hans Joas 11. The Religious Situation in East Asia - Joachim Gentz 12. The Relevance of the European Model of Secularization in Latin America and Africa - David Martin 13. The Desecularization of the Middle East Conflict: From a Conflict between States to a Conflict between Religious Communities - Hans G. Kippenberg Afterword - Klaus Wiegandt

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Book SynopsisThe episcopate of Ambrose of Milan (374-97) is pivotal to understanding the developing relationship between the Christian Church and the Roman Empire in late antiquity. As bishop of Milan, Ambrose came into frequent contact with the highest levels of the imperial administration, including the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I themselves. He also exerted a degree of leadership in doctrinal matters over the bishops of northern Italy and adjacent regions. Any consideration of Ambrose’s career must begin with his own writings. This volume presents some of his most important works: the tenth book of his collection of letters; the letters that are preserved outside his published collection (Epistulae extra collectionem); and his funeral speeches for Valentinian II and Theodosius I. They document not only his influence over the bishops of neighbouring cities, but also his celebrated conflicts with the imperial court over the altar of Victory at Rome, the imperial siege of churches in Milan, the affair of the synagogue at Callinicum, and the massacre of civilians at Thessalonica. In these texts Ambrose sets forth his views about his rights as bishop to govern his church without imperial interference, and to condemn any emperor whose actions were deemed to be sinful. This volume will be of value to students and scholars of the history of the Church and the Roman Empire in late antiquity, and to anyone interested in the passage from pagan antiquity to the Christian Middle Ages.Trade ReviewThe translations in Liebeschuetz’s volume are clear and precise, and they are accompanied by informative introductions and rigorous notes… an invaluable tool for students of Ambrose, early Christian political thinking and imperial-episcopal relations. * Journal of Ecclesiastical History *[Ambrose's]... letters have been translated and commented on with rare independence of mind by Liebeschuetz in his Ambrose of Milan: Political Letters and Speeches. * New York Review of Books *Table of ContentsPreface xi Abbeviations xii General Introduction p.1 I. The Life of Ambrose of Milan p.3 II. The Letters of Ambrose of Milan p.27 Translation and Commentary Letters, Book Ten Letters on Matters Arising from the Council of Capua Introduction to episulate 70 and 71 p.49 Epistula 70 (Maur. 56) to Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria (392) p.52 Epistula 71 (Maur. 56a) to the bishops of Macedonia (393) p.56 Letters on the Altar of Victory Introduction to episulate 72, 72a and 73 p.61 Epistula 72 (Maur. 17) to the emperor Valntinian II (384) p. 62 Epistula 72a (Maur. 17a): Symmachus' Third Relatio to Valentinian p.69 Epistula 73 (Maur. 18) Ambrose's formal reply to Symmachus (384) p.78 Letters on the destruction of the Synagogue at Callinicum Epistula 74 (Maur. 40) = Epistula extra collectionem 1a to the emperor Theodosius (388/389) p.95 Appendix: Epistula extra collectionem 1 (Maur.41), to Ambrose's sister Marcellina (388/389) p.111 Ambrose's Conflict with the empress Justina at Milan Introduction to Episulate 75, 75a, 76 and 77 p.124 Epistula 75 (Maur. 21) to the emperor Valentinian II (AD 386) p. 136 Epistula 75a (Maur. 21a), also known as Contra Auxentium (386) p.142 Epistula 76 (Maur. 20) to Ambrose's sister, Marcellina (386) p.160 Oration on the Death of Theodosius I Introduction p.174 De Obitu Thdosii (395) p.177 Letter on the discovery of the relics of Gervasius and Protasius Epistula 77 (Maur. 22) to Ambrose's sister, Marcellina (386) p.204 Letters outside the Collection (Epistulae extra collectionem) Note on Epistulate extra collectionem 1 and 1a p.215 Letter to Theodosius I on his Victory over Usurper Eugenius Epistula extra collectionem 2 (Maur. 61): Ambrose to the emperor Theodosius I (394) p.216 Epistula extra collectionem 3 (Maur. 62): Ambrose to the emperor Theodosius I (394) p. 218 Letters of the Council of Aquileia (AD 381) Epistula extra collectionem 4 (Maur. 10): the bishops of the council to the emperors of Gratain, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (381) p.221 Epistula extra collectionem 5 (Maur. 11): the bishops of the council to the emperors of Gratain, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (381) p.227 The Council of Aquileia and the Decisions of the Council of Constantinople Introduction to Epistula extra collectionem 6 (Maur. 12), 8 (Maur. 14) and 9 (Maur. 13) p.231 Notes on the order of the letters p.233 Epistula extra collectionem 6 (Maur. 12): the bishops of the council to the emperors Gratian, Valentinian II, and Theodosius I (381) p. 234 Epistula extra collectionem 9 (Maur. 13): Ambrose and the Italian bishops to the emperor Theodosius I (381) p.237 Epistula extra collectionem 8 (Maur. 14): Ambrose and the Italian bishops to the emperor Theodosius I (382) p.241 Petition of a Roman Council to the Emperors Gratian and Valentinian II Introduction p. 244 Epistula extra collectionem 7: the council to the emperors Gratian and Valentinian II (378) p.248 Letter on the altar of the Victory Introduction p.255 Epistula extra collectionem 10 (Maur. 57) Ambrose to the usurper Eugenius (394) p.256 Letter on the massacre at Thessalonica Introduction p.262 Epistula extra collectionem 11 (Maur 51): Ambrose to the emperor theodosius I (390) p. 263 Letters of Ambrose and Gratian Letter of the emperor Gratian to Ambrose (379) p. 270 Epistula extra collectionem 12 (Maur. 1): Ambrose to the emperor Gratian (379) p. 272 Letter on the date of Easter Introduction p. 278 Epistula extra collectionem 13 (Maur. 23): Ambrose to the bishops of Aemilia (386) p. 281 Asceticism and Dissension at Vercelli and the Affair of Jovinianus Epistula extra collectionem 14 (Maur. 63): Ambrose to the church of Vercelli (396) p.292 Letter of Pope Siricius (Maur. 41a) p. 336 Epistula extra collectionem 15 (Maur. 42): Ambrose and his fellow bishops to Pope Siricius (393) p.339 Apendices Appendix I: Ambrose and Magnus Maximus Introduction p.349 Epistula extra collectionem 30 (Maur. 24): Ambrose to the emperor Valentinian II (date uncertain) p. 352 Appendix II: Ambrose's Funeral Oration on the Death of Valentinian II (De Obitu Valentiniani) Introduction p.358 De Obitu Valentiniani (392) p.364 Glossary p.400 Bibliography .405 Maps p.415 Index p.419

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Book SynopsisThis book is a new annotated translation of Orosius’s Seven Books of History against the Pagans. Orosius’s History, which begins with the creation and continues to his own day, was an immensely popular and standard work of reference on antiquity throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. Its importance lay in the fact that Orosius was the first Christian author to write not a church history, but rather a history of the secular world interpreted from a Christian perspective. This approach gave new relevance to Roman history in the medieval period and allowed Rome’s past to become a valued part of the medieval intellectual world. The structure of history and methodology deployed by Orosius formed the dominant template for the writing of history in the medieval period, being followed, for example, by such writers as Otto of Freising and Ranulph Higden. Orosius’s work is therefore crucial for an understanding of early Christian approaches to history, the development of universal history, and the intellectual life of the Middle Ages, for which it was both an important reference work and also a defining model for the writing of history.Trade Review... this new edition does an excellent job in introducing the world of Orosius to those who are inclined to read him. Through the introduction Fear is able to illustrate the importance of the text and the unique contribution it makes to an understanding of early Christian historiography, without overstating the case. A fresh perspective is brought to the text and much deserved attention is directed to Orosius and the early fifth century... * Journal of Late Antique Religion and Culture, Vol 4 *..as a translation it achieves its aims: this fine rendering of Orosius, especially in combination with the notes, will provide a very useful, new access to the Seven books of History against the Pagans, and thus allow future readers to discover this historian for themselves. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 05.36 *Andrew Fear's is the first translation into English of the complete work since 1936, and presents Orosius' sometimes convoluted Latin in very readable English, making this crucial work easily accessible to students and scholars lacking Latin; the extensive annotation will be valuable also for those capable of reading the original. * Medium Aevum, Vol. LXXX *Table of Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. Life 2. The Histories 3. Intentions 4. Secular Religious History 5. Sources 6. Structure 7. Chronological Systems and the Ordering of Time 8. Notes of Caution 9. Orosius’s Clash with Augustine 10. Legacy NOTE ON TRANSLATION SYNOPSIS SEVEN BOOKS Of HISTORY AGAINST THE PAGANS Book One Book Two Book Three Book Four Book Five Book Six Book Seven Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays has its origin in a conference held at Oxford in 2006 to mark the publication of the first English edition of the Acts of Chalcedon. Its aim is to place Chalcedon in a broader context, and bring out the importance of the acts of the early general councils from the fifth to the seventh century, documents that because of their bulk and relative inaccessibility have received only limited attention till recently. This volume is evidence that this situation is now rapidly changing, as historians of late antiquity as well as specialists in the history of the Christian Church discover the richness of this material for the exploration of common concerns and tensions across the provinces of the Later Roman Empire, language use, networks of influence and cultural exchange, and political manipulation at many different levels of society. The extent to which the acts were instruments of propaganda and should not be read as a pure verbatim record of proceedings is brought out in a number of the essays, which illustrate the fascinating literary problems raised by these texts.Trade Review'Given the interest and the quality of the work identified as well as the importance and originality of many of the translations proposed in the "Translated Texts for Historians" series, one can not but wish to increase the volumes of their sub-series "Contexts" .' (Translated from French)Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storiaTable of Contents Abbreviations List of Contributors Introduction - Averil Cameron The Council of Chalcedon and the Definition of Christian Tradition - David M. Gwynn ‘Reading’ the First Council of Ephesus (431) - Thomas Graumann The Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus (449) - Fergus Millar The Council of Chalcedon (451): A Narrative - Richard Price Truth, Omission, and Fiction in the Acts of Chalcedon - Richard Price Why Did the Syrians reject the Council of Chalcedon? - Andrew Louth The Second Council of Constantinople (553) and the Malleable Past - Richard Price The Lateran Council of 649 as an Ecumenical Council - Catherine Cubitt The Quinisext Council (692) as a Continuation of Chalcedon - Judith Herrin Acclamations at the Council of Chalcedon - Charlotte Roueché An Unholy Crew? Bishops Behaving Badly at Church Councils - Michael Whitby Index

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Book SynopsisThe Council of Constantinople of 553 (often called Constantinople II or the Fifth Ecumenical Council) has been described as ‘by far the most problematic of all the councils’, because it condemned two of the greatest biblical scholars and commentators of the patristic era – Origen and Theodore of Mopsuestia – and because the pope of the day, Vigilius, first condemned the council and then confirmed its decisions only under duress. The present edition makes accessible to the modern reader the acts of the council, session by session, and the most important related documents, particularly those that reveal the shifting stance of Pope Vigilius, veering between heroic resistance and abject compliance. The accompanying commentary and substantial introduction provide a background narrative of developments since Chalcedon, a full analysis of the policy of the emperor Justinian (who summoned and dominated the council) and of the issues in the debate, and information on the complex history of both the text and the council’s reception. The editor argues that the work of the council deserves a more sympathetic evaluation that it has generally received in western Christendom, since it arguably clarified rather than distorted the message of Chalcedon and influenced the whole subsequent tradition of eastern Orthodoxy. In interpreting Chalcedon the conciliar acts provide a fascinating example of how a society – in this case the imperial Church of Byzantium – determines its identity by how it understands its past.Trade ReviewThere are many amusing and clever asides which make these two volumes not only an important contribution to historical scholarship and research but a pleasure to read. Lionel Wickham, Journal of Theological StudiesPrice’s extra labour in supplying detailed indices and an up-to-date bibliography makes this volume a valuable aid to research as well as an accessible introduction to the doctrinal and political issues surrounding the Fifth Ecumenical Council. Kevin Uhalde, Early Medieval Europe 19 (3)'Not only impressive from the standpoint of the work it represents, but also useful for historians of the late Antiquity as well as for those interested in the councils of that time.' (Translated from French)Dominic Moreau, Cristianesimo nella storiaTable of Contents Preface Abbreviations GENERAL INTRODUCTION I. The Road from Chalcedon 451–518 II. The Ecclesiastical Policy of the Emperor Justinian III. The Trials of Pope Vigilius IV. The Theology: Problems and Solutions V. The Three Chapters 1. Theodore of Mopsuestia 2. The Controversial Writings of Theodoret 3. The Letter of Ibas to Mari the Persian VI. The Reception of the Council VII. Texts and Versions LETTERS FROM AFRICA (545–6) 1. Bishop Pontianus to Justinian 2. Ferrandus, Letter 6 to the Deacons of Rome JUSTINIAN, EDICT ON THE ORTHODOX FAITH (551) LETTERS BY OR ON POPE VIGILIUS (551–2) 1. Letter of Excommunication to Ascidas and Menas 2. Letter from the Church of Milan to the Frankish Envoys 3. Encyclical Letter, Dum in Sanctae Euphemiae THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF 553 Session I, 5 May Session II, 8 May Session III, 9 May Session IV, 12 May Session V, 17 May VOLUME ONE TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME TWO Abbreviations THE ACTS OF THE COUNCIL OF 553 Session VI, 19 May 3 Session VII, 26 May 72 Session VIII, 2 June 102 VIGILIUS, THE TWO CONSTITUTA (553–4) 1. First Constitutum 141 2. Second Letter to Eutychius of Constantinople 214 3. Second Constitutum 219 APPENDICES I. The Anti-Origenist Canons (543 and 553) 1. Canons of 543 2. Letter of Justinian to the Council (553) 3. Canons of 553 II. The Attendance and Subscription Lists MAPS 1. Patriarchates and Provinces 2. The Balkans 3. Western Asia Minor 4. Eastern Asia Minor 5. Syria and Palestine 6. Egypt 7. Italy and Africa GLOSSARY BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Primary Sources 2. Secondary Literature INDICES 1. Persons in the Texts 2. Documents 3. The Commentary

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Book SynopsisTheology is no laughing matter. Usually. This book gives a concise history of Christian theology based on a mysteriously discovered set of seventy-four limericks. Readers who already know the history of theology will read about it from an unfamiliar perspective - and beginners will learn the basics in an accessible form. The limericks range from Gnostic theology to the early ecumenical councils, then Augustine on the Trinity, Anselm of Canterbury's ontological argument and Thomas Aquinas' series of arguments for the existence of God, through the Reformation, and on to Karl Barth and Paul Tillich. If all of this seems unfamiliar, the accompanying text should help sort it all out.Trade ReviewA supralapsarian fool, Sought a sublapsarian tool, Which he found in this book: Take an envy-filled look, You're predestined to wallow in drool. (Franz Bibfeldt)

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Book SynopsisA vivid portrayal of Kivebulaya's life that interrogates the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change under colonization, and the influence of emerging polities in the practice of Christian faiths. Apolo Kivebulaya was a practitioner of indigenous religion and a Muslim before he became in 1895 a Christian missionary from Buganda to Toro and Ituri. He is still admired as a churchman and missionary in the Anglican churches ofUganda, Congo, Tanzania and Kenya, and is a significant civic figure in school curricula in Uganda. This book provides insight into religious encounter in the Great Lakes region of Africa, in which individuals like Kivebulaya remade themselves through conversion to Christianity and re-ordered social relations through preaching a transnational religion which brought technological advantage. In re-examining Apolo's life the author reveals the historic social processes and the cultural motivations which provoked religious and socio-political change in colonial east Africa. She explores the processes of his religious adherence, his travels and church planting, his commitment to Bible translation and its role in developing national sensibilities, and his engagement with missionaries, the Ganda political elite, and the peoples of the Ituri forest, as well as British and Belgian colonial polities. Kivebulayautilized Christian repertoires of memory-making - the Bible, hymns, prayers and fellowship - in creating communities of disciples, and was instrumental in creating new forms of Christian identity in the region, fashioned by levelsof acceptance and resistance. By focusing on the role of indigenous agents as harbingers of change, the author offers a new perspective on the history of the northern Great Lakes region of Africa. Emma Wild-Wood is Senior Lecturer of African Christianity and African Indigenous Religions and Co-director of the Centre for the Study of World Christianity at the University of Edinburgh. Her books include Migration and Christian Identity in Congo (Brill, 2008) and editing, with Joel Cabrita and David Maxwell, Relocating World Christianity: Interdisciplinary Studies in Universal and Local Expressions of the Christian Faith (Brill, 2017). Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan: Twaweza CommunicationsTrade Review[...] monumental and profoundly well-researched book [...] In nine well-written chapters, Wild-Wood accomplished her aim to demonstrate a re-examination of the appropriation of Christianity in different spatial settings and its repercussions on social change. -- Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: Kivebulaya and Religious Change in the Great Lakes The Afterlife of Saint Apolo (from 1933) Waswa, a Commoner in the Kingdom of Buganda (c.1865 - c.1884) Munubi, a Foot Soldier in Battle and Evangelism (c.1884 - 1895) Itinerant Teacher "from Europe" in Toro (1895 - 1905) Clerk in Holy Orders (1905 - 1915) To all Ituri Nations under Belgian Rule (1915 - 1925) Revd Canon Apolo, Elder and Churchman (1925 - 1933) Conclusion: African Missionaries, Religious Encounter and Social Change

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Book SynopsisA significant contribution to the history of humanitarianism, Christianity and the politics of aid in Africa. In the wake of the civil wars in Congo from 1960 to 1973, international and internal struggles for power led to famines, the collapse of public health and a huge population of refugees. This book explores the role played by missionaries from the US, Canada and the UK who organized aid, and shows how they had to redefine their roles in independent Africa after the end of colonialism. Partnering US government officials to overcome the humanitarian crisis as the politics of aid threatened to sink their efforts, Protestant aid programs also worked with US-backed Congolese military efforts to crush leftist rebels and joined with Angolan rebels to help hundreds of thousands of Angolan refugees fleeing Portuguese colonialism. After Mobutu Sese Seko seized power in 1965, they found themselves adjusting with difficulty to the rise of Congolese religious leaders who demanded aid workers and donor agencies accept African control over development projects. In this examination of the changing history of humanitarianism in Central Africa, the author shows how aid workers, who believed themselves to be politically neutral humanitarians, had to question their privileged role, and negotiate new ways of collaboration. Offering material aid and support, they hoped to heal the wounds of colonial repression and the violence of independence - abandoned hospitals, starving refugees, economic recession - yet also sought to ensure a Christian Congo would emerge allied to Western countries. The author explores the role of Protestant aid workers in the ethnic violence of South Kasai province; shows how Protestant aid became a tool in US-back counterinsurgency campaigns against leftist rebels; examines the interplay of Congolese and Western medicine in the work of Protestant medical volunteers; and discusses conflict in the aims of the missionaries and Africans over the control of aid funds and aid initiatives.Table of ContentsIntroduction The CPRA, Protestant Missions, and the Congo Crises, 1960-1965 The CPRA and Luba Refugees in South Kasai, 1960-1962 The CPRA and Angolan Refugees in the DRC, 1961-1967 The CPRA and the Simba Revolts, 1964-1967 Operation Doctor: The Rise and Fall of a Protestant Short-term Medical Volunteer Programme Protestant Volunteers and Medical Practice in the Congo in the 1960s Changing Dollars into Zaires: The Challenges of a Humanitarian Aid NGO in the DRC, 1965-1973 The Centre for Community Development Conclusion

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Book SynopsisExplores the impact of Jesuit missions on the development of Christianity in postcolonial French Africa, which found itself at the centre of major shifts and struggles within global Christianity and world politics. At a time when most African countries were moving towards independence, the Vatican was speeding up the Church's indigenization agenda in an effort to secure its survival in sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, at the same time, African nationalism was on the rise and, following the collapse of its colonial empire, France was attempting to reassert its influence in Africa. This book shows how the Vatican, French Jesuits, the rising Cameroonian indigenous clergy and leadership, and the first Cameroonian Jesuits competed for the Catholic evangelization of French Africa during the mid-20th century. In the mission field, they also competed with different Protestant groups, with whom they shared acommon aim: to convert African traditional religionists and different groups of African Muslims to Christ, while containing the spread of anti-religious ideologies such as Communism. Tracing the rapid expansion of Christianity in Central and Western French Africa during the second half of the twentieth century, the author shows in this book how this competition for faith helped both build the church in French West Africa and Africanize the church alongside missionary Christianity in postcolonial Africa. He also explores the African reaction to this diverse and competing global agenda of Christianization, especially after Chad and Cameroon came together as part of a single Jesuit jurisdiction in 1973, and the way in which, despite differing interpretations of Catholicity which generated internal conflicts, Western Jesuits focus on popular masses and the poor, was able to contain the spread of Islam, counter the Chad's persecution of Christians during the Cultural Revolution (1973-1975) and secure the survival of Christianity as a missionary movement in which Western missionaries worked alongside a rising African clergy and leadership. JEAN LUC ENYEGUE, SJ is the Director of the Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa, Nairobi. He also lectures on church history at Hekima University College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa.Table of ContentsChronology of Jesuit Missions in Chad and Cameroon Introduction Part I: The Jesuit Project in West Africa: French Catholicism and Colonialism in Chad, 1935-1958 1 Era of Confusion: The Vatican's or France's Wider Agenda? 1935-1946 2 Founding Era: The Conservatism of Frédéric de Bélinay, Jesuit Pioneer in Chad, 1946-1958 3 Colonial Era: Joseph du Bouchet and the Building of the Jesuit Mission in Chad, 1947- 1958 Part II: The Outward Mission: Education and Competing Catholicisms 4 Era of Civilization: Popular Education and Islamism 5 Era of Accommodation: Mission toward the Southern "Ethno-Religionists" 6 Era of Revolution: Bishop Paul Dalmais and Chad's Cultural Revolution, 1958-1975 Part III: The Postcolonial Mission and Catholicity: From Chad to Cameroon, 1962-1978 7 Era of Consolidation: The Rebirth of Missionary Catholicism after Independence, 1962-1973 8 Era of Experimentation: M.-P. Hebga, First Cameroonian Major Superior, 1968-1973 9 Era of Dissent: Cameroonian Jesuits and Global Catholicism, 1974-1978 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisImportant and broadening study of the way Africans engaged with missions, not as beneficiaries of humanitarian philanthropy, but as workers. The important role missions played as places of work has been underexplored, yet missionaries were some of the earliest Europeans who tried to control African labour. African mission workers' roles were not just religious and educational, as they were actively involved, not always voluntarily, in building and domestic work. Focusing on the Anglican Universities' Mission to Central Africa (UMCA) in Tanganyika and Zanzibar in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Michelle Liebst shows how missionaries both supported and undermined the livelihood trajectories of Africans. Revealing the changing nature of relations over time between missionaries - who referred to themselves as "workers" - and the African mission workers, including teachers and priests - whom missionaries referred to as "helpers" - reflected broader political transformations, and this innovative study of missions' role in society adds a critical dimension to our understanding of their function and socio-economic impact and the history of Christianity in Africa.Trade ReviewThe book contributes significantly to historical knowledge of mission activities in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century eastern Africa. -- African Studies QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction: Rethinking Missions as Places of Work Missionary Authority in Late Precolonial Magila, 1867 - 1887 Building the Slave Market Church in Zanzibar, 1864 - 1900 Slave Status and the Mission Boys' School in Zanzibar, 1864 - c.1930 "Mbweni girls" and Slave Status in Zanzibar, 1864 - c.1930 Domestic Service in Magila and Zanzibar, 1864 - c.1930 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe first historical account of the dramatic growth of Christianity in Western Tanzania during the twentieth century and of the role of former slaves in this process.

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Book SynopsisTranslation is at the centre of Christianity, scripturally, as reflected in the biblical stories of the tower of Babel, or of the apostles’ speaking in tongues after the Ascension, and historically, where arguments about it were dominant in Councils, such as those of Trent or the Second Vatican Council of 1962–64, which, it should be recalled, privileged the use of the vernacular in liturgy. The four texts edited here discuss the legitimacy of using the vernacular language for scriptural citation. This question in England became central to the perception of the followers of John Wyclif (sometimes known as Lollards): between 1409 and 1530 the use of English scriptures was severely impeded by the established church, and an episcopal licence was required for its possession or dissemination. The issue evidently aroused academic interest, especially in Oxford, where the first complete English translation seems to have originated. The three Latin works here survive complete each in a single manuscript: of these texts two, written by a Franciscan, William Butler, and by a Dominican, Thomas Palmer, are wholly hostile to translation. The third, the longest and most perceptive, edited here for the first time, emerges as written by a secular priest of impressive learning, Richard Ullerston; his other writings display his radical, but not unorthodox opinions. The only English work here is a Wycliffite adaptation of Ullerston’s Latin. The volume provides editions and modern translations of these four texts, together with a substantial introduction explaining their context and the implications of their arguments, and encouraging further exploration of the perceptions of the nature of language that are displayed there, many of which, and notably of Ullerston, are in advance of those of his contemporaries.Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements vii List of Plates ix Abbreviations x Introduction xv I The Question of Biblical Translation xv II The Four Treatises: Significance and Scholarship to Date xx III The Participants xxxi IV Authorship, Dates and Circumstances xli V The Form of the Determination xlvii VI Authorities Cited in the Texts lii WI The Participants' Views on Language and Translation lx VIII The Participants' Knowledge of Earlier Translations into Vernaculars lxxxiv IX Views on Translation in Late Middle English Texts xcii X First seifi Bois. A Middle English Adaptation of Richard Ullerston's Determination ciii XI Manuscripts cxiii XII Chapter Numbering in Richard Ullerston's Determination cxxix XIII Note on Editorial Practice cxxxii TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS RICHARD ULLERSTON De translatione sacre scripture in vulgare 1 WILLIAM BUTLER Contra translacionem anglicanam 115 THOMAS PALMER De translacione scripture sacre in linguam anglicanam FIRST SEISS BOIS 191 Select Bibliography 203 Index of Biblical Quotations 208 Index of Manuscripts 211 General Index 213

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Book SynopsisThis volume covers a period of major change that had a lasting impact on art, science, economics, political thought, and education. Rudolph W. Heinze examines the various positions taken by medieval church reformers, explores the efforts of the leading reformer Martin Luther, and emphasises how the reformations brought moral and doctrinal changes to Christianity, permanently altering the religious landscape, then and now.Trade Review'For anyone looking for a comprehensive, well-written and up-to-date history of the Reformation, Reform and Conflict should be their first choice.' -- Ronald Fritze, dean of arts and sciences, Athens State University

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Book SynopsisAn examination of typology about place in relation to the Virgin Mary. This book takes a fresh look at some of the seemingly tired images of the Virgin Mary across the medieval and early Golden Age period in Hispanic literatures. It explores the Virgin as a gateway and as a Temple, as a garden and asa fountain, as a scented space, and as a strong defensive place (fortress or castle wall). It also explores her as a home and as a nuptial bedchamber, and sets these images in the context of known liturgical usage in medieval andearly modern Spain. LESLEY TWOMEY is Professor of Medieval and Golden Age Art and Literature at Northumbria University. She is the author of several books about peninsular Marian literature.Trade ReviewTwomey's readings are illuminating as commentaries on the works under scrutiny and as examples of a creative methodology, an approach that interprets space as a medium of characterization. * CHOICE *The study's strong suit is the broadly-based comparative analysis of themes, symbols, and imagery associated with the Virgin Mary in a wide range of sources that enriches our understanding of standard poetic representations. Twomey's range expands our canonical concept of medieval literature and makes clear the importance of reading the literature that we know from critical editions in a much wider context of writing from the Middle Ages. * THE MEDIEVAL REVIEW *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Sacred Spaces and Places: Constructing the Virgin Mary in Hispanic Literature A Feast of Miracles: Foreign Places, Foreign Spaces in Hispanic Miracle Collections Hortus conclusus?: Virginity and Fruitful Space in Gonzalo de Berceo's Los Milagros de Nuestra Señora Holding and Reflecting the Water of Life in Gonzalo de Berceo's 'fuent': Wellsprings and Fountains as a Figure of the Virgin Fountains and their Architecture: Situating Fountains in the Poetry of the Marqués de Santillana and Other Fifteenth-Century Poets The Temple Gate, the Lions' Den, and the Furnace: Liminal Space in Gonzalo de Berceo's Marian Poetry Re-evaluating the Temple of God, the Tabernacle, the Ark, and the Reliquary in Late-Medieval Poetry Home is where the Heart is: Christ's Dwelling-Place from Gonzalo de Berceo's Loores de Nuestra Señora to the Vita Christi of Isabel de Villena Mary as a Strong Defence: the Protective Space of the Virgin Mary from Alfonso X's Cantigas de Santa Maria to Jaume Roig's Siege Engine 'Más olías que ambargris': Perfumed Spaces and the Virgin in Fray Ambrosio Montesino's Poetry Afterword Appendix: Marian Hymns in Hispanic Liturgies Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA translation and study of Durham Cathedral Library MS A. IV. 19, a book of collects for the Divine Office, a part of the service-books of monk or priest in Anglo-Saxon England. Few liturgical historians are aware that a book of collects for theDivine Office formed part of the service-books owned by a monk orpriest in Anglo-Saxon England. The Durham Collectar, misnamed the`Durham Ritual'and tentatively dated to the tenth century, is the earliest collectar to have survived in England. Where did it come from,and how was it used? To answer the first, a new edition of the Latintext is presented in this volume, with extensive collationtablesshowing at a glance the most influential liturgical sources. In theintroduction, the function of the collectar is discussed.Trade ReviewUne etude stimulante, non seulement du collectaire du Durham, mais aussi du collectaire comme categorie de livre liturgique... un ouvrage digne d'une serie distinguee. REVUE D'HISTOIRE ECCLES. 2/93Clarif[ies] the history of collectars as a genre of liturgical book and the place of this document among examplars of the group, and present[s] an `emended' version of the Durham Collectar collated with sources and other collections. * ALBION *

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Book SynopsisThis anonymous Commentary is printed from Troyes, Bibl. munic. 658, a manuscript written at Clairvaux in the late 12th century.It is well known that St Bernard in 1147 revised the monastic hymnal for the use of his Cistercian monks; the anonymous Explanatio is primary evidence for the content of Bernard's hymnal. It is also an invaluable index of Cistercian spirituality in the late 12th century, and provides an index of the range of reading of a Cistercianscholar of that time.

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Book SynopsisThe MSS, from the abbey of Bec (Le Bec-Hellouin), written c. 1265-1272 is not strictly a missal, since it lacks an ordo missae and the canon, but in other respects it is close to a missale plenum in its contents, though it includes all the chants. It may have been a precentor's book, but equally well may have been designed for use of the altar. The plainchant melodies are not reproduced here. The English interest of Bec, home to Lanfranc and Anselm, archbishops of Canterbury, and with other strong cross-channel connections, is obvious.

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Book SynopsisPublished by Boydell & Brewer Inc.

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Book SynopsisThis scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

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Book SynopsisUnlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

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Book SynopsisPublished by Boydell & Brewer Inc.

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Book SynopsisPublished by Boydell & Brewer Inc.

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Book SynopsisThe Henry Bradshaw Society was established in 1890 in commemoration of Henry Bradshaw, University Librarian in Cambridge and a distinguished authority on early medieval manuscripts and liturgies, who died in 1886. The Society was founded 'for the editing of rare liturgical texts'; its principal focus is on the Western (Latin) Church and its rites, and on the medieval period in particular, from the sixth century to the sixteenth (in effect, from the earliest surviving Christian books until the Reformation). Liturgy was at the heart of Christian worship, and during the medieval period the Christian Church was at the heart of Western society. Study of medieval Christianity in its manifold aspects - historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological - inevitably involves study of its rites, and for that reason Henry Bradshaw Society publications have become standard source-books for an understanding of all aspects of the middle ages. Moreover, many of the Society's publications have been facsimile editions, and these facsimiles have become cornerstones of the science of palaeography. The society was founded for the editing of rare liturgical texts; its principal focus is on the Western (Latin) Church and its rites, and on the medieval period in particular, from the sixth century to the Reformation. Study of medieval Christianity - at the heart of Western society - inevitably involves study of its rites, and the society's publications are essential to an understanding of all aspects (historical, ecclesiastical, spiritual, sociological) of the middle ages.

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