Paperback • 2019 • 1. edition

The Book of Common Prayer

Name: The Book of Common Prayer
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ISBN: 9780691191782

By Alan Jacobs

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About the book

While many of us are familiar with such famous words as "Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . ." or "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust," we may not know that they originated in The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. He shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from its beginnings as a means of social and politica...Show more

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9780691191782

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Princeton University Press

Published year

2019

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Original title

The Book of Common Prayer

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Paperback

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