Politics and the Paul's Cross Sermons, 1558-1642

by Mary Morrissey

Scholars do not contest that English Reformation culture centred on 'the word preached'; that before the advent of newsbooks, sermons were the primary means available for shaping public opinion; or that the sermons of men like Lancelot Andrewes and John Donne were valued as literary works of the highest order. Throughout the Reformation period, England's most important public pulpit was Paul's Cross, which stood in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199571767
• ISBN13: 9780199571765
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"