In 1588, the Spanish Jesuit Pedro de Ribadeneyra published a history of the English Reformation, which he continued to revise until his death in 1611. Spencer J. Weinreich s translation is the first English edition of the History, one fully alive to its metamorphoses over two decades. Weinreich s introduction explores the text s many dimensions propaganda for the Spanish Armada, anti-Protestant polemic, Jesuit hagiography, consolation amid tribulation and assesses Ribadeneyra as a historian. The extensive annotations anchor Ribadeneyra s narrative in the historical record and...
In 1588, the Spanish Jesuit Pedro de Ribadeneyra published a history of the English Reformation, which he continued to revise until his death in 1611....
