Meredith Hanmer and the Elizabethan Church: A Clergyman's Career in 16th Century England and Ireland
Meredith Hanmer and the Elizabethan Church: A Clergyman's Career in 16th Century England and Ireland This is the first book-length study of the fascinating life of the clergyman and scholar of Welsh…
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Meredith Hanmer and the Elizabethan Church: A Clergyman's Career in 16th Century England and Ireland
This is the first book-length study of the fascinating life of the clergyman and scholar of Welsh descent Meredith Hanmer (c.1545-1604). As an army preacher in Ireland during the Nine Years War, Hanmer campaigned with the most acclaimed soldiers of his day. Hanmer became involved in the key scholarly controversies of his day, from the place of the Elizabethan Church in Christian history to the role of the 1581 Jesuit mission to England led by Edmund Campion and Robert Persons.
His own career as a clergyman was colourful, involving bitter disputes with his parishioners and recurring aspersions on his character. He nurtured connections with prominent intellectuals of his time and with the key figures of colonial government. Surprisingly, no study to date has centred on this intriguing character.
The surviving evidence for Hanmer's life and activities is unusually rich,