De persecutione Anglicana: a critical edition of Latin text with English translation, commentary and introduction

"De Persecutione Anglicana has been described as the most famous martyrological work by an English Catholic during the Reformation period and is presented here for the first time in an accessible authoritative edition. Robert Persons (1546-1610) was a Jesuit activist, controversialist, missiona...

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Main Author: Parsons, Robert 1546-1610 (Author)
Contributors: Houliston, Victor 1954- (Editor, Translator) ; Dircksen, Marianne (Editor, Translator) ; Kritzinger, J. P. K. (Editor)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Latin
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Published: London New York Oxford New Delhi Sydney Bloomsbury Academic 2024
In: Bloomsbury Neo-Latin series (volume 8)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Bloomsbury Neo-Latin series Early modern texts and anthologies volume 8
Further subjects:B England Church history 16th century Early works to 1800
B Martyrs (England) Early works to 1800
B Catholic Church (England) History 16th century Early works to 1800
B Persecution (England) History 16th century Early works to 1800
B Catholics (England) History 16th century Early works to 1800
B Jesuits Missions (England) Early works to 1800
B Great Britain History Elizabeth, 1558-1603 Early works to 1800
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Summary:"De Persecutione Anglicana has been described as the most famous martyrological work by an English Catholic during the Reformation period and is presented here for the first time in an accessible authoritative edition. Robert Persons (1546-1610) was a Jesuit activist, controversialist, missionary strategist and educationist whose importance has become increasingly appreciated over the past decades thanks to the rapid growth of early modern British Catholic studies. His prolific work is well known and widely studied but his Latin writing is neglected as inaccessible to many scholars"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 253-266
ISBN:1350379344