Scholar Bishop The Recollections and Diary of Narcissus Marsh, 1638-1696

Name: Scholar Bishop The Recollections and Diary of Narcissus Marsh, 1638-1696
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ISBN: 9781859183380

ISBN-10: 1859183387

ISBN-13: 9781859183380

Edition: 2002

Authors: Raymond Gillespie

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Narcissus Marsh (1638-1713) was an English clergyman who spent his later life in Ireland, initially as Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and ultimately as Archbishop of Armagh. Despised by Jonathan Swift for his pietism and timidity, his achievements as churchman and scholar were impressive. Marsh's recollections, begun in 1690 and continued in diary form up to 1696, are by no means the pious platitudes of a conventional seventeenth-century clergyman. With sometimes startling candour, he recounts dreams and anecdotes revealing his struggle against worldly temptations, his resolute rejection of prospective wives, and his preoccupation with science, music, and the defence of learning in the…

Book details

List price: $11.50
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Cork University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.79" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English