Bishop Reginald Pecock and the Lancastrian Church Securing the Foundations of Cultural Authority
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Author: | Brockwell, Charles |
Year: | 1989 |
Pages: | 280 |
ISBN: | 0-88946-813-3 978-0-88946-813-9 |
Price: | $199.95 + shipping |
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A study of the controversial Bishop Pecock, a minor but notorious theologian and "hammerer of Lollards" (Albion) who was misjudged by Catholics and Protestants alike.
". . . a straightforward analysis of Pecock's thought . . . . By his clear and useful survey Brockwell has thrown light on a still enigmatic figure." - V. H. H. Green in The English Historical Review
Reviews
". . . provide[s] helpful synthesis of [Pecock's] scattered ideas and the occasional fresh insight." - The Canadian Journal of History
". . . a useful introduction to Pecock's thought." - Albion
"Brockwell's text is well documented. . . . Students of late medieval and early Reformation history will find the book especially useful." - Church History
". . . a carefully written contribution to our knowledge of this mid-fifteenth-century bishop of Chichester . . . ." - Speculum - A Journal of Mediaeval Studies
"Brockwell's monograph contributes to a fuller understanding of Pecock's work and of his place in the cultural and ecclesiastical scene of late medieval England." - The American Historical Review
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