Richard L. Greaves
Auteur de Theology and revolution in the Scottish reformation: Studies in the thought of John Knox
A propos de l'auteur
Richard L. Greaves is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor of History at Florida State University.
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Œuvres de Richard L. Greaves
Theology and revolution in the Scottish reformation: Studies in the thought of John Knox (1980) 47 exemplaires
Dublin's Merchant - Quaker Anthony Sharp and The Community of Friends 1643 - 1707 (1998) 8 exemplaires
Civilizations of the World: The Human Adventure, Volume 2, from the Middle 1600s (1990) 6 exemplaires
God's Other Children: Protestant Nonconformists and the Emergence of Denominational Churches in Ireland, 1660-1700 (1997) 4 exemplaires
Secrets of the kingdom : British radicals from the Popish Plot to the Revolution of 1688-1689 (1992) 1 exemplaire
Civilizations of the West: The Human Adventure from the Renaissance to the Present (1991) 1 exemplaire
Civilizations of the West: The Human Adventure, Vol C : From the French Revolution to the Present (1991) 1 exemplaire
The Origins of English Sabbatarian Thought 1 exemplaire
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Dublin’s Merchant-Quaker: Anthony Sharp and the… par Richard L. Greaves
A towering figure in the history of Irish Quakerism, and friend of William Penn and William Edmundson, Anthony Sharp left England to settle in Dublin, where as a businessman in the wool trade he succeeded brilliantly hiring 500 workers and amassing a fortune that included land in Ireland, England, and New Jersey. His economic success gave him entree to prominent political and church officials, from whom he sought relief for persecuted Quakers.
This is a biography and a portrait of Dublin's community of Friends. The author explains in detail the functioning of national, provincial, and local meetings; the Friends' work in educating and disciplining their members; their provision of charity to the needy; and their efforts to ransom captives in Muslim lands. In undertaking these activities, Sharp and his fellow Quakers expressed the driving force of their faith and built a society that sustained the Friends for centuries to come as a minority within another minority, the Protestants of Ireland.… (plus d'informations)
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- Œuvres
- 34
- Membres
- 280
- Popularité
- #83,034
- Évaluation
- 2.3
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 60