De persecutione Anglicana by Robert Persons S.J
"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"--
| Autor: | Dircksen, Marianne Houliston, Victor |
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| ISBN: | 9781350379350 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Bloomsbury |
| Veröffentlicht: | 26.06.2025 |
| Untertitel: | A Critical Edition of the Latin Text with English Translation, Commentary and Introduction |
| Schlagworte: | 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599 Classical texts European History FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Latin HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Ancient & Classical LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance Latin Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 |
Victor Houliston is Research Professor at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and the lead editor of the Correspondence and Unpublished Papers of Robert Persons (Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies). Marianne Dircksen is Former Director of the School of Biblical Studies and Ancient Languages at the North West University, South Africa.