The Book of Common Prayer, 1559: The Elizabethan Prayer Book

by The Church of England and Church of England

Book Overview

John E. Booty's edition of The Book of Common Prayer, 1559, first published by the University Press of Virginia for the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1976 and long out of print, is now being reissued in the same handsome format as the original edition. In her foreword to the 2005 reissue, Judith Maltby writes, "It is difficult to overemphasize the importance of the 1559 Prayer Book.... Shakespeare was clearly shaped by a culture in which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813925177
• ISBN13: 9780813925172
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher