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Chargement... Saint John Fisher (original 1955; édition 1972)par Ernest Edwin Reynolds
Information sur l'oeuvreSaint John Fisher par E. E. Reynolds (1955)
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John Fisher's times are remembered, but he is often not. While information on the Tudor period proliferates there is scarcely a mention of John Fisher. E.E. Reynolds' work is history rather than Hagiography, bringing out these details carefully from official state archives, ambassadorial correspondence, letters and near contemporary biography. In his introduction, Reynolds notes: ""Father Thomas E. Bridgett's Blessed John Fisher (1888) was the first full-scale biography to be based on a careful study of state papers; the result was a work that, once and for all, established the position and stature of John Fisher. . . Two generations have passed since this pioneer work; Bridgett was scrupulously careful not to go beyond the available evidence; since he wrote, other material has become accessible that strengthens the portrait given in Blessed John Fisher."" Reynolds makes use of all of this to bring further illustration to the only Cardinal Martyr in a must have for any historian of the Tudor period. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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My edition (1972) is clearly and sensibly written, enjoyable and interesting. There are long stretches of Fisher's life about which only the bare outline is known. I've noticed that many biographers use these spaces to recount the sweep of history, giving the reader the big picture. Reynolds doesn't do that. He uses those spaces to give odd details that would probably be of more use to someone who knows a fair bit about the period. I do not. Very interesting though.
I spent most of the book thinking Fisher to be a very boring man. It is only in the closing chapters that Reynolds tells us about Fisher's mind and personal life. Introducing your protagonist at the end of the book is unacceptable and it is for this act of incompetent storytelling that I have knocked off a star. (