Edward Hicks was the Bishop of Lincoln during the First World War - a cleric who had condemned the war but had to watch his sons go off to fight - one not to return. He kept detailed diaries - full of often indiscreet comments - and through them we see a man wrestling with his own conscience and beliefs, in a very public role. He was also a strong supporter of votes for women - highly unusual at that time - and a supporter of teetotalism, again, an unusual stance for a C of E dignatory. This book will be a fascinating glimpse into the impact the War had on those who waited at home, and tried...
Edward Hicks was the Bishop of Lincoln during the First World War - a cleric who had condemned the war but had to watch his sons go off to fight - one...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the abbots, priors, magnates, scholastic theologians, and others who between them, and across Christendom, controlled the machinery of church and state. For G. R. Evans too much emphasis has been placed on a governing elite and too little on those-the great mass of the semi-literate and illiterate, and the emergent middle classes-who stood outside the innermost circles of ecclesiastical power, privilege, and education. Her book finally gives proper...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the ...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the abbots, priors, magnates, scholastic theologians, and others who between them, and across Christendom, controlled the machinery of church and state. For G. R. Evans too much emphasis has been placed on a governing elite and too little on those-the great mass of the semi-literate and illiterate, and the emergent middle classes-who stood outside the innermost circles of ecclesiastical power, privilege, and education. Her book finally gives proper...
What did people really believe in the Middle Ages? Much of our sense of the medieval period has come down to us from the writings of the learned: the ...
This volume contains the complete works of this important monastic theologian, friend and pupil of St Anselm, including a completely revised edition of his influential Disputatio Iudei et Christiani .
This volume contains the complete works of this important monastic theologian, friend and pupil of St Anselm, including a completely revised edition o...