Making Italy Anglican
Download or Read eBook Making Italy Anglican PDF written by Stefano Villani and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Stefano Villani |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2022 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780197587737 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0197587739 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Making Italy Anglican by : Stefano Villani
Book excerpt: "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 of Venice, at a time of conflict between the court of Rome and the Venetian Republic. This chapter reconstructs the relationships between Sarpi and Micanzio and the English embassy in Venice. As far as we know, Bedell's translation remained a manuscript with no known copies extant"--
