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Shakespeare's common prayers: the Book of common prayer and the Elizabethan age

✍ Scribed by Swift, Daniel;Shakespeare, William


Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2013;2012
Tongue
English
Leaves
289
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


A note on texts -- Prologue: a revel with the Puritans -- The only book in the world -- The form of solemnization of matrimony -- For better, for worse -- Till death us depart -- The order for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion -- The quick and the dead -- A gap in our great feast -- The ministration of baptism to be used in the church -- Graceless sacraments -- Above all humane power -- Epilogue: five or six words.

✦ Table of Contents


A note on texts --
Prologue: a revel with the Puritans --
The only book in the world --
The form of solemnization of matrimony --
For better, for worse --
Till death us depart --
The order for the administration of the Lord's Supper, or Holy Communion --
The quick and the dead --
A gap in our great feast --
The ministration of baptism to be used in the church --
Graceless sacraments --
Above all humane power --
Epilogue: five or six words.

✦ Subjects


Prière dans la littérature;Prière--Dans la littérature;Religion dans la littérature;Religion et littérature--Angleterre--Histoire--16e siècle;Religion et littérature--Angleterre--Histoire--17e siècle;Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Religion;Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sources;Religion et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 16e siècle;Religion et littérature -- Angleterre -- Histoire -- 17e siècle;Prière dans la littérature;Religion dans la littérature;Shakespeare, Wil


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