Godfrey Goodman, bishop of Gloucester 1583-1656
1953. London : S.P.C.K. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #441833
Physical description: xiii, 511 p., plates : tables. Contents: The Cymric background -- Childhood -- Westminster school -- Cambridge -- The path to preferment -- The country parson -- "The fall of man" -- Windsor -- "The greater part of my wealth" -- "A very good preferment" -- "The creatvres praysing God" [i.e., creatures praising God] -- Nolo episcopari? -- A pyrrhic victory -- Living dangerously -- Growing discomfort -- Rustic retirements -- The doldrums -- The case of John Workman -- The loss of Hereford -- Escapist essays -- St. Godfrey of Gloucester -- "Our religion and theirs is the same" -- Salmagundi -- "Sobs, fiery sighs, and sorrowful countenance -- The loss of Windsor -- A sop to Cerberus? -- "For a short time popular" -- The bubble burst -- Impeachment -- High treason -- The Tower -- Labyrinthine ways -- "A poor mountain cottage -- Vain repetitions -- Loyal skirmishings -- Westminster -- "Semi-pope jargon"? -- "The late Church of England" -- "Scandalled into popery"? Subjects: Goodman, Godfrey 1583-1656. Bishops England ; Biography.
History. Authors, English Early modern, 1500-1700 ; Biography.
Price: €18.95