The Printing and the Printers of The Book of Common Prayer, 1549–1561
- Author: Peter W. M. Blayney
- Date Published: January 2022
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- isbn: 9781108837415
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Bibliographers have been notoriously 'hesitant to deal with liturgies', and this volume bridges an important gap with its authoritative examination of how the Book of Common Prayer came into being. The first edition of 1549, the first Grafton edition of 1552 and the first quarto edition of 1559 are now correctly identified, while Peter W. M. Blayney shows that the first two editions of 1559 were probably finished on the same day. Through relentless scrutiny of the evidence, he reveals that the contents of the 1549 version continued to evolve both during and after the printing of the first edition, and that changes were still being made to the Elizabethan revision weeks after the Act of Uniformity was passed. His bold reconstruction is transformative for the early Anglican liturgy, and thus for the wider history of the Church of England. This major, revisionist work is a remarkable book about a remarkable book.
Read more- Completely transforms our understanding of how the Book of Common Prayer came into being, and will thus have major implications not just for the Book of Common Prayer itself but for Tudor history as a whole
- The revisionist history the author tells is compelling, novel and multi-layered, and provides an overview through the prism of the Book of Common Prayer of the entire history of the Reformations of Edward VI and Elizabeth I
- Peter W. M. Blayney shows how a close, engaged and 'archaeological' examination of printed books can reveal novel and illuminating historical facts undiscoverable by other means
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'… a densely written, excellently priced volume, generously illustrated with colour and black-and-white plates throughout. … the book will remain crucial reading material for book historians, bibliographers, and bibliophiles specialising in early modern European printing and the book trade in the years to come.' Hannah Yip, The Review of English Studies
See more reviews'Blayney makes a significant contribution to understanding the history of The Book of Common Prayer … an insightful, interesting book … Essential.' R. M. Kollar, Choice
'This is a remarkable feat of scholarship, worth buying for its demolition of much extant thinking around the Black Rubric alone. Above all else, it is a reminder of how many stories bubble out from, and are inherent in, our ancient liturgy.' Fergus Butler-Gallie, Church Times
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- Date Published: January 2022
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108837415
- length: 278 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 18 mm
- weight: 0.61kg
- availability: In stock
Table of Contents
1. From Henry VIII to the first Edwardian prayer book
2. The second Edwardian prayer book
3. Mary's reign and Elizabeth's first Parliament
4. Richard Grafton's edition (STC 16291)
5. The first Jugge-and-Cawood edition (STC 16292)
6. The preliminaries: collaboration and cancels
7. The orphaned ordinal
8. The third and fourth editions
9. The quarto and octavo editions
10. The 1561 revision of the calendar
11. Concluding summary.
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