An Apology or Answer in Defence of The Church Of England
Lady Anne Bacon's Translation of Bishop John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae
Edited by Patricia Demers
Click cover to enlarge Buy hardback at: Buy paperback at: Booksellers & libraries: | Tudor and Stuart Translations 22 Modern Humanities Research Association 1 January 2016 • 226pp ISBN: 978-1-781881-26-2 (hardback) • RRP £44.99, $61.99, €53.99 ISBN: 978-1-781881-27-9 (paperback) • RRP £24.99, $34.99, €29.99 ISBN: 978-1-781882-62-7 (JSTOR ebook) ISBN: 978-1-781882-63-4 (EBSCO ebook) Access online: Books@JSTOR Lady Anne Cooke Bacon’s translation of Bishop John Jewel’s Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae (1562) as An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England (1564) is the official defence of the Elizabethan Settlement. At once an explanation and vindication of the establishment of the English Church and an attack on the perceived failings of the Church of Rome, An Apology embodies the tensions of a polemical age. It illustrates how politics and religion were inextricably entwined in early printed books. As well as shining light on the intense controversy between Jewel, Bishop of Salisbury, and fellow Devon native Thomas Harding, exiled in Louvain, Lady Bacon’s text and its reception foreground the critical significance of her translating expertise in presenting church history and debates through pungent, idiomatic prose. One of the lauded Cooke sisters and mother of Sir Anthony and Sir Francis, Lady Bacon combined her proven talent in languages and reform principles with an insider’s knowledge of court intrigues. Although her translation disappeared from print acknowledgement for almost two centuries, it is here offered in a richly annotated edition. Explaining and contextualizing the cryptic marginalia, this edition allows twenty-first-century readers to feel the heat and apprehend the strategic importance of An Apology. Patricia Demers is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Alberta. Reviews:
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Bibliography entry: Demers, Patricia (ed.), An Apology or Answer in Defence of The Church Of England: Lady Anne Bacon's Translation of Bishop John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 22 (MHRA, 2016) First footnote reference: 35 An Apology or Answer in Defence of The Church Of England: Lady Anne Bacon's Translation of Bishop John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, ed. by Patricia Demers, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 22 (MHRA, 2016), p. 21. Subsequent footnote reference: 37 Demers, p. 47. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) Bibliography entry: Demers, Patricia (ed.). 2016. An Apology or Answer in Defence of The Church Of England: Lady Anne Bacon's Translation of Bishop John Jewel's Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, Tudor and Stuart Translations, 22 (MHRA) Example citation: ‘A quotation occurring on page 21 of this work’ (Demers 2016: 21). Example footnote reference: 35 Demers 2016: 21. (To see how these citations were worked out, follow this link.) This title is distributed on behalf of MHRA by Ingram’s. Booksellers and libraries can order direct from Ingram by setting up an ipage Account: click here for more. Permanent link to this title: www.mhra.org.uk/publications/Apology-or-Answer-in-Defence-Church-England www.mhra.org.uk/publications/tst-22 |