Cambridge Apostles - The Early Years

Klappentext Peter Allen explores the origins and history of the influential secret society the Cambridge Apostles. Zusammenfassung Peter Allen explores the history of the Cambridge Apostles! a secret club that has played an influential role in the development of the British intelligentsia. He traces the origins and early history particular the years just before the first Reform Bill when the central figures among the Apostles were F. D. Maurice! Arthur Hallam and Alfred! Lord Tennyson. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; Preface; Textual note; 1. The spirit of the Society; 2. The Society in its first years; 3. Thomas Sunderland and the Cambridge Union; 4. Maurice: the making of a Victorian prophet; 5. Maurice: the rise of Apostolic theology; 6. The mystics; 7. The Spanish adventure; 8. The Society in the early thirties; 9. Arthur Hallam; 10. The Round Table in the thirties and forties; 11. The Sterling Club; 12. The old order and the new; Appendix; Notes; Index.

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• Autori: Peter Allen
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 10.06.2010
• EAN: 9780521142540
• ISBN: 978-0-521-14254-0
• Pagine: 284
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; Cambridgeshire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, universities, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher