LEADER 02735nam 22005531 450 001 9910787592003321 005 20170607172526.0 010 $a0-7556-2376-2 010 $a0-85773-128-9 024 7 $a10.5040/9780755623761 035 $a(CKB)2670000000391544 035 $a(EBL)1209014 035 $a(OCoLC)851315604 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000917867 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12320485 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000917867 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10892750 035 $a(PQKB)10469228 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1209014 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1209014 035 $a(OCoLC)860095280 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09265464 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000391544 100 $a20200605d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCosmo Lang $earchbishop in war and crisis /$fRobert Beaken ; foreword by Rowan Williams 210 1$aLondon :$cI.B. Tauris,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (468 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-78076-355-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [282]-291) and index. 327 $aAuthor Biography; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Note on Conventions; 1 Introduction; 2 From Fyvie to Lambeth: The Making of an Archbishop; 3 The Archbishopric of Canterbury Between the Wars; 4 Lang and the Monarchy; 5 Lang and the Abdication Crisis; 6 Lang and the Revised Prayer Book, 1928-1942; 7 The Second World War; 8 Lang's Last Days; 1 'Cosmo Gordon Lange'; 2 'Past and Present'; Glossary; Short Biographies; Notes; Bibliography and Broadcast Sources 330 $aIn December 1936, at the height of the Abdication Crisis, Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury held the fate of the British monarchy in his hands. Together with the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, he helped to manoeuvre Edward VIII from the throne and to replace him with the king's brother, the Duke of York, who was to become George VI. It was a move which would have far-reaching consequences for the course of British history. The period 1928-1942 saw some of the greatest political and social upheavals in modern British history and Lang was at the centre of these. As Archbishop of Cante 606 $aBishops$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aBiography: historical, political & military$2BIC 615 0$aBishops 615 7$aBiography: historical, political & military. 676 $a283.42092 700 $aBeaken$b Robert$f1962-$01502383 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787592003321 996 $aCosmo Lang$93730096 997 $aUNINA