The Reconstruction of the Church of Ireland: Bishop Bramhall and the Laudian Reforms, 1633-1641

by John McCafferty

Book Overview

Thomas Wentworth landed in Ireland in 1633 - almost 100 years after Henry VIII had begun his break with Rome. The majority of the people were still Catholic. William Laud had just been elevated to Canterbury. A Yorkshire cleric, John Bramhall, followed the new viceroy and became, in less than one year, Bishop of Derry. This 2007 study, which is centred on Bramhall, examines how these three men embarked on a policy for the established Church which...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521181461
• ISBN13: 9780521181464
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"