The Book of Common Prayer
The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662
$46.79
- Paperback
896 pages
- Release Date
10 July 2013
Summary
‘In the midst of life we are in death.’
The words of the Book of Common Prayer have permeated deep into the English language all over the world. For nearly 500 years, and for countless people, it has provided a background fanfare for a marriage or a funeral march at a burial. Yet this familiarity also hides a violent and controversial history. When it was first produced the Book of Common Prayer provoked riots and rebellion, and it was banned before being translated into a host of glo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780199645206 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0199645205 |
| Author: | Brian Cummings |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 896 |
| Release Date: | 10 July 2013 |
| Weight: | 614g |
| Dimensions: | 41mm x 138mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
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Critics Review
This book is an exemplary text ... the reproduction of the three different prayer books is immaculate, and the introductory commentary is original and thought provoking.'Marcus Harmes, Parergon - Journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studiesmagnificent edition’Diarmaid MacCulloch, London Review of Books`superb edition…excellent notes and introduction’Rowan Williams, Times Literary Supplement
Brian Cummings
Brian Cummings received his BA at Cambridge University, where he also took his PhD under the supervision of the poet Geoffrey Hill and the church historian Eamon Duffy. He was previously a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge before moving to Sussex, and, from October 2012, the University of York. He was a British Academy Exchange Fellow at the Huntington Library, California, in 2007 and held a three-year Major Research Fellowship with the Leverhulme Trust from 2009 to 2012.
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