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Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005.. 1st edition. Contents: 1. Cardinal Manning and his Political Persona: The Education Act of 1870 by Jeffrey von Arx; 2.Henry Edward Manning, Priscilla Maurice, and the Pastoral Care of the Sick by Peter C.Erb; 3.The Cardinal and the Penitent: Cardinal Manning and Virginia Crawford by Robin Gard; 4.Henry O'Callaghan: Manning's Reluctant Episcopal Protege by… Read more about this item

London: Hamilton, Adams, & Co., 1852.. 1st edition. From the Opening of the Cvil War in 1642, to the Ejection of the Non-Conforming Clergy in 1662. Pp.viii/474, errata slip tipped in to contents, occasional minor spotting, slight cracking to inner hinges but holding firm. Olive green blind-stamped cloth, gilt title to spine, spine and board edges toned to… Read more about this item

Farnham: Ashgate, 2009.. 1st edition. Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. A series of interlocking essays on the Throckmorton family of Coughton Court, Warwickshire. "Despite their persistent adherence to Catholicism, in no sense did the Throckmortons inhabit a 'recusant bubble'. Family members regularly played leading roles on the national political stage, from Sir George Throckmorton's resistance to the break with Rome in… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: The Banner of Truth Trust, 2000.. Originally written in 1911. Biographical sketches. "The better known names read like a roll-call of many of the finest representatives of evangelical piety and experimental Calvinism in America: Samuel Davies, Archibald Alexander, Daniel Baker, William S. Plumer, James Henley Thornwell, John L.Girardeau, Benjamin M. Palmer, Robert L. Dabney, Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson… Read more about this item

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.. Six hundred years of ancient literature connecting Late Antique and Byzantine society with its roots in the Roman Empire. Pp.xvi/261, owner's name to half-title page and rear free endpaper. Paperback. VG.

Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2003.. Church of England Record Society Volume 10. Contents include: I.The Elizabethan church; II.Prophesyings, conferences and combination lectures; III.Elizabethan religion in Essex and East Anglia; IV.The town of Dedham; V.Ecclesiastical Dedham; VI.The Dedham conference; VII.The combination lecture at Bury St Edmunds; VIII.The sources: Rylands 874 and Chicago 109. Pp.cxvi/299, 5 black & white plates +… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1964.. 1st edition. "Mr Trimble shows that Elizabeth permitted a measured toleration, avoiding interference with freedom of conscience. Although freedom of worship was legally forbidden, compulsory adherence by the laity to the Established Church was generally enforced through moderate measures, even in such times of crisis as the Spanish dangers… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982.. 1st edition. "An examination of the puritanism of a series of divines, including Dering, Cartwright, Whitaker and Caderton, all of whom passed through the University of Cambridge between 1560 and 1600. Dr Lake gives a detailed analysis of their careers and opinions. The personal and ideological links between them are established and in… Read more about this item

Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society, 2009.. Contents include: Homily from the 50th Anniversary Mass of the Essex Recusant Society (Rev. Dr S. Foster); Monsignor Dan Shanahan: Founder of Essex Recusant (Re.. Dr S. Foster); New Hall's Catholic Heritage (T.Tuckwell); The Petre Chalices (R.W.Taylor); 'First Fruits of the Oxford Movement' - Father William Lockhart, IC (ReV Fr. N.J.Schofield); Antics in the… Read more about this item

London: Sands & Co.,1903.. 1st edition. It is to those interested in the fortunes of Catholicism in England during the long years of its humiliation, that this history of "The Old London Missions" will be especially welcome. The materioals are necessarily scant." Contents: 1625: Henrietta Maria's Chapels; 1649: Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's Inn Fields; 1662: The Chapels Royal of… Read more about this item

London: William Andrews & Co., Hull Press, 1897.. 1st edition. 5ff./pp.285/4ff. (adverts) . Frontispiece and occasional illustrations throughout the text. Floral endpapers browned to edges, bookplate of SSM Kelham to inside front board browned. Inner endpapers browned. Author's inscription to half-title page dated 1896 (pre-publication). Cracking to inner front hinges but holding. Brown cloth over bevelled boards, gilt… Read more about this item

London: Catholic Truth Society, 1901.. Catholic history of the early Church from the Ascension of Christ to the writings of St Irenaeus. Pp.xiv/396, ownership details of Adran Fortescue (Ongar. Oct.1901) to front free endpaper, slight toning to endpapers, small marginal chip to pp.393/394 (index) not affecting text. 9Blue pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine, minor edge wear. VG.**… Read more about this item

London: James Burns, 1840.. New edition, enlarged. 17cms x 110cms x 2.5cms. Pp.viii/254/2(publisher's catalogue), coloured folding map frontispiece of The Patriarchates and Princpal Provinces of the Christian Church, historated capitals, armorial bookplate (Collegium S.Maria Magdalena apud Oxonienses) to front free endpaper, notation to top of title page and to the rear of title page, spotting to final page and… Read more about this item

Leiden: E.J.Brill, 1970.. contents include: I.Posthumous Paper; II.Biblical Studies; III.Apocrypha amd Pseudepigrapha; IV.History of Judaism; V.Symbolism and History of Religion; VI.Bibliography, Pp.x/688, black & white portrait frontispiece. Brown cloth, gilt title to front and spine, minor rubbing to spine. VG.

Grand Rapids: Guardian Press, 1976.. 8th printing. Full title: The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus, Bishop of Cesarea, in Palestine, Translated from the Original with an Introduction by Christian Frederick Cruse and an Historical View of The Council of Nice by Isaac Boyle. Pp. xxxviii/480/59(Hist View of Council of Nice). Paperback, sunning to spine. G+.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987.. 1st edition. Oxford Historical Monographs series. "This study of Richard Rufus, the first Franciscan theologian at Oxford, is intended to bridge the gap in our knowledge of theological developments in the thirteenth century between Robert Grosseteste, the founding father of the Oxford Schools, and Duns Scotus, its most famous pupil....Rufus was perhaps the first to… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1998.. Translated by Harold Mattingly. "Shows the consequences of Constantine's conversion - his growing favour to the Christian Church, his turning from paganism,and, in the end, his deliberate intention of destroying pagan worship - and helps to realize the forces that rallied to the defence of the old religion, especially the senatorial aristocracy of Rome. In… Read more about this item

Bath: Cedric Chivers Ltd, 1973.. The author examines in detail several diverse shrines, and gives their histories to show how they played an important part in the fabric of mediaeval life." Pp.xiv/233, 27 black & white illustrations. Purple cloth, dustwrapper has wear to top and tail of spine and corner tips. VG/G+.

London: John Murray, 1928 .. Second edition. Pp.19/313 . frontispiece + 8 further black & white plates. Blue cloth, gilt crest to front board, gilt title to spine. VG.

London: British & Foreign Unitarian Association, 1884.. Revised by the author and translated from the French by Edward Potter Hall, with a preface by James Martineau. Pp.xvi/291, library bookplate to insidefront board,, occasional small library inkstamps throughout. Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine, rubbed patch to spine from old library sticker, edges rubbed. Good.