Cosmo Lang : archbishop in war and crisis / / Robert Beaken ; foreword by Rowan Williams

• Autore: Beaken Robert <1962->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : I.B. Tauris, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 283.42092
• Soggetto topico: Bishops - Great Britain; Biography: historical, political & military
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [282]-291) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Author 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
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cosmo Lang
• ISBN: 0-7556-2376-2; 0-85773-128-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787592003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II