Book of Common Prayer A Biography

Name: Book of Common Prayer A Biography
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ISBN: 9780691154817

ISBN-10: 0691154813

ISBN-13: 9780691154817

Edition: 2014

Authors: Alan Jacobs

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While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today--became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for many.The book's chief maker, Thomas…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/25/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 4.88" wide x 7.87" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.946