1915 History of England: From Romans to George V, Complete Set, John Lingard

Description: The History of England. From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth. By John Lingard, D.D., and Hilaire Belloc, B.A., With an Introduction By his Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons. In Eleven Volumes. New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America. 1912-5. Complete Set in 11 Volumes. 8.5 x 5.5”, 8vos. In fair condition. Red cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of spines bumped. Title labels on spines lightly rubbed, gilt lettering overall bright and clean. Some off-setting & toning to cloth covered boards from normal shelf-wear. Top edges gilt (dulled). Most front & rear gutters are split with exposed binding mesh. Vol. XI’s hinges rear hinge very fragile. Light toning throughout text-blocks, mostly at edges of leaves. Some instances of age-staining or finger-soiling. Bindings remain intact, but most hinges are split. Please see photos. John Lingard (1771 – 1851) was an English Catholic priest and historian, the author of The History of England. Lingard was a teacher at the English College at Douai, and at the seminary at Crook Hall, and later St. Cuthbert's College. In 1811 he retired to Hornby in Lancashire to continue work on his writing. The principal object of his major work, The History of England, is to emphasise the disastrous effects of the Reformation. The book was later expanded by the author and the title changed to reflect the period covered. As each additional volume appeared the History's reputation increased, while Lingard continued to revise and improve the whole work. Most of the earnings from this project and his other writings were directed towards the educating of students to the priesthood. In his style and presentation of English history, Lingard demonstrates the prevalent manner of Catholic scholarship – he gives, for example, no indication that he is a priest on the title page, and professes emphatically to be writing an impartial history. But in a curious turnaround, his History by its very impartiality is a Catholic apologetic, and Lingard's desire for impartiality is a reflection of the Catholic political and intellectual situation in the Emancipation era. The Catholic position in the early nineteenth century, politically speaking, was that of a minority body, allied to the Whig-Radical-Dissenting political grouping, and seeking religious and political freedom. This alliance encouraged Old Catholic intellectuals to present their arguments in 'liberal' and 'reasonable' form – the argumentative advantage in this being that it presented Catholics as enlightened and tolerant, and their opposition as prejudiced and bigoted. Complete Set in 11 Volumes. FORN-SHELF-0698-UPSTAIRS-BB-2408-HK1979

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