{"product_id":"of-the-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-9780674632103","title":"Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe writings of Richard Hooker are of central interest to those studying English Renaissance thought and literature. In this, the third volume of a much-needed critical edition of the Works of Richard Hooker, are the posthumous books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. Hooker planned the Laws in eight books, but he died shortly after publication of Book Five. Books Six, Seven, and Eight, which contain his analysis of jurisdiction, episcopacy, and the royal supremacy, are here transcribed from versions that have the most authority. The volume also includes Hooker's autograph notes toward those texts (brought to light by P. G. Stanwood in the course of his research) and the contemporary notes by George Cranmer and Edwin Sandys on a lost draft of Book Six. Mr. Stanwood's introduction lays to rest all doubts about the authenticity of the last three books as we have them, doubts current since publication of Walton's Life of Hooker in 1662.   This edition, sponsored by the Folger Library, is providing authoritative texts to serve as a basis for the scholarly reappraisal of Richard Hooker's writings that is presently underway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolumes worthy to stand next to the other great monuments of modern editing of English Renaissance literature… Thanks to the new edition a full assessment of Hooker will now be possible. * Queen’s Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eA triumph… The scholarship is professional, the introductory material helpful, and the text itself both accurate and attractive. Indeed, this is the most inviting edition of the Laws ever published. * Seventeenth Century News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTextual Introduction: The Three Last Books    Sigla and Abbreviations    OF THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICALL POLITIE    The Sixth Book  Notes on the Sixth Book by George Cranmer and Edwin Sandys  The Seventh Book  The Eighth Book  Fragments     Textual Supplements  I. The Causes of the Continuance of These Contentions Concerning Church Government  II. Hooker's Autograph Notes for the Posthumous Books  III. Archbishop Ussher's Transcription of Hooker's Notes    Textual Commentary    Appendix I. The Sixth Book  i. Nonsubstantive Variants  ii. Additional Manuscript Variants  iii. Scribal Corrections to TCD MS 121 (D4)    Appendix II. The Seventh Book  i. Nonsubstantive Variants  ii. Press Variants in Copies of 1662    Appendix III. The Eighth Book  i. Nonsubstantive Variants","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403598799191,"sku":"9780674632103","price":168.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674632103.jpg?v=1730483939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/of-the-laws-of-ecclesiastical-polity-9780674632103","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}