ISSN:
1469-7637
Content:
The 1559 Book of Common Prayer printed by Richard Grafton has been dismissed by bibliographers, who have suggested that Grafton printed it as ‘agent for Jugge and Cawood’ (the Queen’s Printers) and ‘improperly put his name in the imprint’. Relying on evidence from a 1559 Grafton prayer book in the collection of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, which contains the signatures of members of Elizabeth i’s Privy Council that can be dated prior to the opening of Elizabeth’s Reformation Parliament, this article argues not only that Grafton’s Book of Common Prayer was legitimate (indeed ‘authorised’), but also that it may have been printed in a limited edition, perhaps to be circulated in association with the Bill for Uniformity.
In:
The journal of ecclesiastical history, London [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 1950, 67(2016), 1, Seite 94-121, 1469-7637
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volume:67
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year:2016
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number:1
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pages:94-121
Language:
English
Keywords:
Grafton, Richard 1511-1572
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Church of England Book of common prayer
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Geschichte 1540-1559
DOI:
10.1017/S0022046914002103
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