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Provides for a selection of texts, together with scholarly introductions, from one of the world's great private libraries, covering a period from Elizabeth I to the Church's involvement in homosexual law reform. This volume of the Church of England Record Society, published in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Lambeth Palace Library, is a tribute to the value of one of the world's great private libraries to the scholarly community and its importance for the history of the Church of England in particular. Thirteen historians, who have made considerable use of the Library in their research, have selected texts which together offer an illustration of the remarkable resources preserved by the Library for the period from the Reformation to the late twentieth century. A number of the contributions draw on the papers of the archbishops of Canterbury and bishops of London,which are among the most frequently used collections. Others come from the main manuscript sequence, including both materials originally deposited by Archbishop Sancroft and a manuscript published with the help of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library in 2007. Another makes use of the riches to the papers of the Lambeth Conferences. Each text is accompanied by a substantial introduction, discussing its context and significance, and a full scholarly apparatus. The themes covered in the volume range from the famous dispute between Archbishop Grindal and Queen Elizabeth I, through the administration of the Church by Archbishop Laud and Archbishop Davidson's visit to the Western Frontduring World War I, to involvement of the Church in homosexual law reform.

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Author:   Melanie Barber ,  Stephen C Taylor ,  Gabriel Sewell ,  Arthur Burns
Publisher:   Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint:   The Boydell Press
Volume:   v. 18
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.696kg
ISBN:  

9781843835585

ISBN 10:   1843835584
Pages:   724
Publication Date:   20 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The prophesyings and the downfall and sequestration of Archbishop Edmund Grindal, 1576-1583 - Patrick Collinson 'Accurately and exquisitely made': George Abbot's Preface to the 1612 catalogue of Lambeth Palace Library - James Carley Annual accounts of the Church of England, 1632-1639 - Kenneth Fincham 'Popish Cut-Throats against us': papists, protestants and the problem of allegiance in eighteenth-century Ireland - Robert G. Ingram George III's recovery from madness celebrated: precedent and innovation in the observance of royal commemorations and celebrations - Stephen Taylor 'My unfortunate parish': Anglican urban ministry in Bethnal Green, 1809-c.1850 - Arthur Burns Charles James Blomfield, bishop of London, and church architecture and ordering - Michael Port William Dodsworth: an autobiographical memoir - Richard Palmer Archbishop Davidson's visit to the Western front, May 1916 - Michael Snape Lambeth 1920: The Appeal to All Christian People - Charlotte Methuen Archbishop Temple's offer of a Lambeth degree to Dorothy L Sayers - Peter Webster 'Improper and even unconstitutional': the involvement of the Church of England in the politics of the end of empire in Cyprus - Sarah Stockwell Homosexual law reform, 1953-1967 - Hugh McLeod

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(A) splendid volume. the documents are reproduced with careful editorial skill and scholarly introductions. (...) It is a great record of Anglican attitudes, both official and personal; the prevailing tone is one of problems and difficulties faced and surmounted. (...) Its editors have gathered diverse and distant records into a volume that gives a unified picture of the development of our Church, beleaguered, but still in the service of God and the nation. THE CHURCH TIMES

Presents a lively and eclectic collection of documents, which have been thoughtfully selected and helpfully introduced. CHURCHMAN A fascinating insight into the richness of the archives at Lambeth Palace Library. THEOLOGY Many of the issues selected have resonance today, and many have compelling human interest. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY [A] splendid volume. the documents are reproduced with careful editorial skill and scholarly introductions. [...] It is a great record of Anglican attitudes, both official and personal; the prevailing tone is one of problems and difficulties faced and surmounted. [...] Its editors have gathered diverse and distant records into a volume that gives a unified picture of the development of our Church, beleaguered, but still in the service of God and the nation. THE CHURCH TIMES

Many of the issues selected have resonance today, and many have compelling human interest. JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY (A) splendid volume. the documents are reproduced with careful editorial skill and scholarly introductions. (...) It is a great record of Anglican attitudes, both official and personal; the prevailing tone is one of problems and difficulties faced and surmounted. (...) Its editors have gathered diverse and distant records into a volume that gives a unified picture of the development of our Church, beleaguered, but still in the service of God and the nation. THE CHURCH TIMES

Author Information

MICHAEL SNAPE is Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at Durham University. ROBERT G INGRAM is Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida.

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