John BaleỚ"s 'The Image of Both Churches'

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Minton, Gretchen E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Religious Tradition, Culture and Society, 6
• Subjects: Religion.; Culture > Study and teaching.; History.; Religion > Philosophy.; Religious Studies.; Religious Studies, general.; Philosophy of Religion.; Regional and Cultural Studies.; History, general.
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This book is a critical edition of John Bale's The Image of Both Churches (c. 1545). The Introduction provides a thorough overview of this sixteenth century work, explaining its relationship to the apocalyptic tradition and to Bale's important inspirations, from Augustine to Erasmus and Lu...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The two churches model
• Paraphrase or commentary?- Princely power and the elect nation
• Apocalyptic exegesis and history.-The place of the Image in BaleỚ"s oeuvre
• BaleỚ"s language
• Dating and publication
• The woodcuts
• The influence of the Image
• Note on the text
• The Image of both Churches
• A preface unto the Christian reader
• Part 1
• Part 2
• Part 3
• Appendix 1: Bibliography and abbreviations
• Appendix 2: Glossary of words and phrases
• Appendix 3: Names, terms, and historical events
• Appendix 4: Periods of history and symbols in the Image.-Appendix 5: Marginal references.