Between scholarship and church politics : the lives of John Prideaux, 1578-1650

Author/Creator:

Maddicott, John Robert, author

Publication/Creation:

Oxford: Oxford University Press, [2022]

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Between scholarship and church politics : the lives of John Prideaux, 1578-1650 / John Maddicott

Series Titles:

History of universities series
History of universities.

Variant Titles:

Between scholarship & church politics

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Prideaux, John,1578-1650
Church of England--Bishops--Biography
College teachers--England--Biography

Description/Summary

Summary:

Between Scholarship and Church Politics describes the life and career of John Prideaux, rector of Exeter College, Oxford, 1612-1642, regius professor of divinity, 1615-1642, and bishop of Worcester, 1641-1646. Prideaux was the leading representative of the 'old guard' in the Church of England - Calvinist believers in the doctrines of grace and predestination, who set themselves against the growing power of the Arminian modernisers within the Church, largely the followers of Archbishop Laud. But Prideaux was also an outstandingly successful head of his Oxford college and made it a home for foreign scholars and students. Devoted to teaching, the writers of numerous books for undergraduates and theology students, and thoroughly involved in his College's everyday affairs, he was a model rector. In this study, John Maddicott addresses at length both with Prideaux's political and ecclesiastical career and his role in the College, while also paying particular attention to his personality, his family life (he was twice married and had nine children), and to his wide circle of relatives, colleagues, and allies. Born the son of a Devonshire yeoman and brought up on a farm on the edge of Dartmoor, he rose to occupy some of the highest offices in the university of Oxford and in the church: a result of his intellectual power, his ambition, his learning and scholarship, and his capacity for hard work. Between Scholarship and Church Politics is as much a study of character as a contribution to the political and church history of early Stuart England. --

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xix, 430 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937456185702486

ISBN:

9780192896100
0192896105

OCLC Number:

1255216053

Barcode:

010003500404
300000508100