Microcosmography (Esprios Classics)

Microcosmography (Esprios Classics)

John Earle

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Año de edición:
2025
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9781006789236
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John Earle (c. 1601 - 17 November 1665) was an English bishop. He was born at York. e matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, but moved to Merton, where he obtained a fellowship. In 1631 he was proctor and also chaplain to Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke, then chancellor of the university, which gave him the rectory of Bishopston in Wiltshire. His fame spread, and in 1641 he was appointed chaplain and tutor to the future Charles II of England. In 1643 he was elected one of the Westminster Assembly, but his sympathies with Charles I of England and with the Anglican Communion were so strong that he declined to sit.

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