John Bale’s 'The Image of Both Churches'. 1st ed. 2013

種類:

電子ブック

責任表示:

edited by Gretchen E. Minton

出版情報:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013

著者名:

• Minton, Gretchen E.
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シリーズ名:

Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society ; 6

ISBN:

9789400772960 [9400772963]    

注記:

Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The two churches model -- Paraphrase or commentary?- Princely power and the elect nation -- Apocalyptic exegesis and history.-The place of the Image in Bale’s oeuvre -- Bale’s language -- Dating and publication -- The woodcuts -- The influence of the Image -- Note on the text -- The Image of both Churches -- A preface unto the Christian reader -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Appendix 1: Bibliography and abbreviations -- Appendix 2: Glossary of words and phrases -- Appendix 3: Names, terms, and historical events -- Appendix 4: Periods of history and symbols in the Image.-Appendix 5: Marginal references.
This book is a critical edition of John Bale's The Image of Both Churches (c. 1545). The Introduction provides a thorough overview of this sixteenth century work, explaining its relationship to the apocalyptic tradition and to Bale's important inspirations, from Augustine to Erasmus and Luther. Topics such as Bale's language, the place of the Image in his oeuvre, his use of medieval chronicles, and the influence of his exegesis are also discussed.   The Image has often been called Bale's most important work; it articulated and developed the English Protestant view of the Apocalypse, influencing other Reformers both in England and on the continent. This book offers the first critical edition of the Image, including fully modernized spelling and punctuation as well as extensive explanatory notes.   The five sixteenth-century printed editions of the Image are collated here, with textual notes that illustrate the relationship between variant readings and provide information on the choices made in this particular

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