Sir Thomas Browne: A Doctor's Life of Science & FaithCollier Books, 1961 - 251 pages A study of Sir Thomas Browne, a seventeenth century physician who was deeply concerned with his own faith at a time of religious strife and of new interest in science, and the remarkable age in which he lived. |
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... Church firmly re- sisted all attempts to modify its authority and excommunicated those who refused to submit . The English people , long in fear of being reconverted by force through the power of Spain , were themselves now split into ...
... Church firmly re- sisted all attempts to modify its authority and excommunicated those who refused to submit . The English people , long in fear of being reconverted by force through the power of Spain , were themselves now split into ...
Page 102
... church is much out of order ; the hangings of the choir are naught , the pavement not good , the spire of the steeple is quite down , the church- yard is very ill - kept . " But this was not enough for some of the " schismatical and ...
... church is much out of order ; the hangings of the choir are naught , the pavement not good , the spire of the steeple is quite down , the church- yard is very ill - kept . " But this was not enough for some of the " schismatical and ...
Page 216
... church . A plaster cast of the skull was presented to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum ( now Norwich Castle Museum ) in 1841 , by a Mr. Charles Muskett , also a church warden , with antiquarian interests . A lock of hair was for a while ...
... church . A plaster cast of the skull was presented to the Norfolk and Norwich Museum ( now Norwich Castle Museum ) in 1841 , by a Mr. Charles Muskett , also a church warden , with antiquarian interests . A lock of hair was for a while ...
Contents
Religio Medici A Doctors Confession of Faith | 9 |
From Cheapside to Winchester | 26 |
Oxford | 36 |
Copyright | |
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