Author: CARPENTER, EDWARD
Title: Cantuar - the Archbishops in Their Office
Description: London, Cassell. 1971, First Edition. (ISBN: 0304938505). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have a few small minor marks to front else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are a few minor marks to fore edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has only light wear to edges. 562 pages. A comprehensive history of the Archbishops of Canterbury from Augustine in AD 597 up to Arthur Michael Ramsey in 1961, who was the hundredth Archbishop since St. Augustine, who came over from Rome. Since that remote time, which ante-dates the monarchy, Archbishops have been inextricably involved in the developing life of the English people. Canterbury was early the driving force behind a civilizing mission which in Anglo-Saxon days pointed the way to national unity and built up the prestige of Kingship. A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST R1. Very Good/Very Good.

Keywords: Archbishops of Canterbury, St. Augustine, Thomas a'Beckett 0304938505


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