1st Edition
Catherine Greenbury and Mary Percy Printed Writings 1500–1640: Series 1, Part Four, Volume 2
By Jos Blom
Copyright 2006
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume includes two early seventeenth-century translations of Roman Catholic books by English recusant nuns - Catherine Greenbury (a Franciscan) and Mary Percy (a Benedictine). To practise their faith on the continent both these women fled Elizabethan England where Roman Catholic practice had been outlawed under pain of severe penalty (even death). Catherine Greenbury was born at York into... Read more
Contents: Introductory note; Catherine Greenbury, trans. [François van den Broecke] A Short Relation of the Life, Virtves, and Miracles, of S. Elizabeth; Mary Percy, trans. [Isabella Beringzaga] An Abridgment of Christian Perfection.
Biography
Jos Blom and Frans Blom both teach English Literature at Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
