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ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Routledge, London] Hardcover 458 pages. Photos, illustrations in b/w plus some colour. Edmund Campion: A Scholarly Life is the response, at long last, to Evelyn Waugh's call, in 1935, for a 'scholarly biography' to replace Richard Simpson's Edmund Campion (1867). Whereas early accounts of his life focused on the execution of the Jesuit priest, this new biography presents a more balanced assessment, placing equal weight on Campion's London upbringing among printers and preachers, and on his growing stature as an orator in an Oxford riven with religious divisions. Ireland, chosen by Campion as a haven from religious conflict, is shown, paradoxically, to have determined his life and his death. Gerard Kilroy here draws on newly discovered manuscript sources to reveal Campion as a charismatic and affectionate scholar who was finding fulfilment as priest and teacher in Prague when he was summoned to lead the first Jesuit mission to England. The book argues that the delays in his long journey suggest reluctant acceptance, even before he was told that Dr Nicholas Sander had brought 'holy war' to Ireland, so that Campion landed in an England that was preparing for papal invasion. The book offers fresh insights into the dramatic search for Campion, the populist nature of the disputations in the Tower, and the legal issues raised by his torture. It was the monarchical republic itself that, ...
Routledge. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Routledge ISBN 1409401510 9781409401513 [GB]
ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. [Dunfermline, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Routledge] Softcover The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. [Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd] Hardcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. [Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
ISBN10: 1409401510, ISBN13: 9781409401513, [publisher: Routledge] Hardcover Like New [liverpool, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2015]
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