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Making Italy Anglican : why the book of common prayer was translated into Italian /

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"The first Italian translation of the Book of Common Prayer was made in 1608 by William Bedell (the chaplain to James I's ambassador in Venice) with the help of Fulgenzio Micanzio and Paolo Sarpi. This translation was part of an English propaganda plan to instigate a schism in the Church o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villani, Stefano (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Oxford studies in historical theology.
Subjects:
Church of England > Italy > History > 17th century.
Catholic Church > Relations > Church of England > History > 17th century.
Church of England. > Book of common prayer > History.
Church of England > Relations > Catholic Church > History > 17th century.
Church of England > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Église catholique > Relations > Church of England > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Church of England > Relations > Église catholique > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Catholic Church
Church of England
Book of common prayer (Church of England)
Anglican Communion > Italy > History > 17th century.
Italy > Church history > 17th century.
Communion anglicane > Italie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Italie > Histoire religieuse > 17e siècle.
Europe.
Worship & Liturgy.
Christian Rituals & Practice.
RELIGION.
Christianity.
History.
Christian Church.
Anglican Communion
Interfaith relations
Italy
1600-1699
Electronic books.
Church history
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Paolo Sarpi, William Bedell, and the first Italian translation of the Book of Common Prayer
  • Chapter 2. In search of patronage : the translation by Alessandro Amidei
  • Chapter 3. The Italian Church of London
  • Chapter 4. The first Italian edition of the Book of Common Prayer (1685)
  • Chapter 5. A liturgical use?
  • Chapter 6. Learning Italian : the 1733 Gordon and 1796 Montucci-Valetti editions
  • Chapter 7. The 1831 Nott edition
  • Chapter 8. The Italian editions of the Book of Common Prayer published in the first half of the nineteenth century
  • Chapter 9. Anglicans, Episcopalians, and the unification of Italy
  • Chapter 10. The Book of Common Prayer for immigrants in London and the United States
  • Conclusion.