作品情報

改革者の生涯は、信念と対立の連続として立ち上がる。

Lord Eustace Percy が描く John Knox 伝で、スコットランド宗教改革の中心人物を大きな歴史の流れのなかに置く。人物の評価が割れやすい主題を、幅のある叙述で掘り下げる。

書籍情報

出版社

Lutterworth Pr

発売日

2013-10-31

ページ数

343ページ

言語

英語

サイズ

12.9 x 1.83 x 19.81 cm

ISBN-13

9780718893132

ISBN-10

0718893131

価格

8157 JPY

カテゴリ

洋書/Religion & Spirituality/Christianity/Theology

John Knox has suffered in this century from that trick of the popular imagination that seizes on one aspect of a historical figure and elevates it into the whole man. At one time he was the foremost Scottish genius, but in our day there have been those who would have us believe that he was a ranter, an iconoclast and perhaps a hypocrite. The author of this classic biography has sought to find the truth between these two extremes. He shows us Knox against the disturbed currents of the Continent, where mediaeval Christendom was at an end and no new order had yet emerged from the chaos of creeds and philosophies. No man could stem these currents, but John Knox in his own country gave them a direction. He became, if not the leader, at least the inciter of a revolution. He set his mark indelibly on history, and not only that of his native land; his influence upon the English court was considerable, but he also became a figure of European significance. "No grander figure can be found, in the entire history of the Reformation in this island, than that of John Knox" wrote the historian Froude. The author has given us a balanced assessment of the life and times of this remarkable man.

Eustace Sutherland Campbell Percy, 1st Baron Percy of Newcastle PC (21 March 1887 - 3 April 1958), styled Lord Eustace Percy between 1899 and 1953, was a British diplomat, Conservative politician and public servant. He most notably served as President of the Board of Education under Stanley Baldwin between 1924 and 1929.

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