1st Edition
Meredith Hanmer and the Elizabethan Church A Clergyman’s Career in 16th Century England and Ireland
By Angela Andreani
Copyright 2021
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is the first book-length study of the fascinating life of the clergyman and scholar of Welsh descent Meredith Hanmer ( c. 1545–1604). Hanmer became involved in the key scholarly controversies of his day, from the place of the Elizabethan Church in Christian history to the role of the 1581 Jesuit mission to England led by Edmund Campion and Robert Persons. As an army preacher in Ireland... Read more
Introduction
1. The background: Hanmer’s origins and the Elizabethan Church
2. The years at Oxford, c. 1564-1581
3. Champion of the Established Church?
4. Vicar in London, c. 1581-1590
5. Service in Ireland c. 1593-1604
Conclusion
Biography
Angela Andreani is a researcher at the University of Milan, where she teaches English Linguistics. She specialises in the History of English and Elizabethan manuscripts and archives.
