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John Knox

Door Jane Dawson

Categorie	Religie & Theologie
Boeknummer	#298096
Titel	John Knox
Auteur	Dawson, Jane
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	0300114737
ISBN13	9780300114737
Taal	Nederlands
Beschrijving	Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Jane Dawson has written the definitive life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based in large part on previously unavailable sources, including the recently discovered papers of Knox's close friend and colleague Christopher Goodman, Dawson's biography challenges the traditionally held stereotype of this founder of the Presbyterian denomination as a strident and misogynist religious reformer whose influence rarely extended beyond Scotland. She maintains instead that John Knox relied heavily on the support of his "godly sisters" and conferred as well as argued with Mary, Queen of Scots. He was a proud member of the European community of Reformed Churches and deeply involved in the religious Reformations within England, Ireland, Fra... (Lees verder)nce, Switzerland, and the Holy Roman Empire. Casting a surprising new light on the public and private personas of a highly complex, difficult, and hugely compelling individual, Dawson's fascinating study offers a vivid, fully rounded portrait of this renowned Scottish preacher and prophet who had a seismic impact on religion and society.
Pagina's	373
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 37,50

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