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Bezig met laden... A Tinker and a Poor Man: John Bunyan and His Church, 1628-88door Christopher Hill
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. "The age of the Puritan Revolution must be regarded as 'Hill's half-century,' and for years to come students will be testing, confirming, modifying, or rejecting his hypotheses. It is given to few historians to achieve such intellectual dominance over their chosen field, for it requires sustained capacity for taking pains in research, a fertile and facile pen, and tremendous imaginative powers. Together these are the marks of a great historian." Lawrence Stone, Princeton University Well written biography. Unfortunately, I wasn't all that interested in the history of non-conformist churches and the politics that surrounded that movement. I just wanted to learn more about Buyan the man. This subject was also covered well, but I could have been satisfied with a book half this size. I have no criticism with the author. He delivered exactly, what he promised. A really juicy book, straggling well between the popular (fittingly for Bunyan) and the academic (lotsa booksy references). Looses a star for the smug, if sympathetic, Whig history evaluations of Bunyan’s theology and worldview, but these are mainly concentrated at the end; anyway I do not think they make the author falsify any facts. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Preacher, soldier, rebel: Who was the author of Pilgrim's Progress, one of the most influential books ever written? John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress is one of the most important works of English literature. Translated into more than 200 languages, it once rivalled the Bible in popularity in the English-speaking world. In A Turbulent, Seditious and Factious People, Christopher Hill reassesses the well-known author to recover Bunyan's significance as a preacher--a man whose nonconformist religion led him into conflict with the Quakers and resulted in long years of imprisonment. It was while confined that he wrote his most famous works. This classic biography by one of the leading historians of the seventeenth century offers an extraordinary insight into one of Britain's most influential writers. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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