From the Reformation to the Permissive Society: A Miscellany in Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Lambeth Palace LibraryMelanie Barber, Gabriel Sewell, Stephen Taylor Provides for a selection of texts, together with scholarly introductions, from one of the world's great private libraries, covering a period from Elizabeth I to the Church's involvement in homosexual law reform. This volume of the Church of England Record Society, published in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the foundation of Lambeth Palace Library, is a tribute to the value of one of the world's great private libraries to the scholarly community and its importance for the history of the Church of England in particular. Thirteen historians, who have made considerable use of the Library in their research, have selected texts which together offer an illustration of the remarkable resources preserved by the Library for the period from the Reformation to the late twentieth century. A number of the contributions draw on the papers of the archbishops of Canterbury and bishops of London, which are among the most frequently used collections. Others come from the main manuscript sequence, including both materials originally deposited by Archbishop Sancroft and a manuscript published with the help of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library in 2007. Another makes use of the riches to the papers of the Lambeth Conferences. Each text is accompanied by a substantial introduction, discussing its context and significance, and a full scholarly apparatus. The themes covered in the volume range from the famous dispute between Archbishop Grindal and Queen Elizabeth I, through the administration of the Church by Archbishop Laud and Archbishop Davidson's visit to the Western Frontduring World War I, to involvement of the Church in homosexual law reform. |
Contents
George Abbots Preface to the 1612 | 43 |
Annual accounts of the Church of England 16321639 | 63 |
papists protestants and the problem of | 151 |
precedent and innovation | 211 |
anglican urban ministry in Bethnal Green | 269 |
Charles James Blomfield bishop of London and church architecture | 395 |
an autobiographical memoir | 413 |
Archbishop Davidsons visit to the Western front May 1916 | 455 |
The Appeal to All Christian People An account by | 521 |
Archbishop Temples offer of a Lambeth degree to Dorothy L Sayers | 565 |