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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. ...
"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"--
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- Creator
- Stefano Villani
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- Language
- English
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- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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- xiv, 292 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0197587763, 9780197587768, 9780197587737, 0197587747, 9780197587751, 9780197587744, 0197587755, 0197587739
- OCLC
- on1266201862, on1257577459
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
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- Church of England -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Church of England -- History -- 17th century.
- Church of England -- Relations -- Catholic Church -- History -- 17th century.
- Church of England. -- History.
- Anglican Communion -- Italy -- History -- 17th century.
- Italy -- Church history -- 17th century.