ENGLISH CHURCH HISTORY EDITED BY S. L. OLLARD, M.A. Vice-Principal and Tutor of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford ASSISTED BY GORDON CROSSE, M.A. New College, Oxford, and of Lincoln's Inn WITH TWO MAPS A. R. MOWBRAY AND CO., Ltd. MILWAUKEE, U.S.A.: THE YOUNG CHURCHMAN CO. ΤΟ THE MOST REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE Randall Thomas Lord Archbishop of Canterbury HON. FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, OXFORD AND TO THE MOST REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE Cosmo Gordon Lord Archbishop of York Primate of England and Metropolitan FELLOW OF ALL SOULS COLLEGE AND HON. FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD THIS BOOK IS BY THEIR GRACES' PERMISSION RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED PREFACE IF any apology be needed for the publication of a Dictionary of English Church History, it is to be found in the fact that no work of the kind exists in English or in German. Never before probably have English historians been so numerous and so active as in the last thirty years, but the results of their researches are still chiefly contained in biographies, in series, and in isolated monographs. The object of this Dictionary is to embody a synthesis. of these results so far as it can be obtained. Such an object would have been unattainable without the help of many scholars. From the outset the idea of the Dictionary was approved and aided by those English bishops best known as Church historians -the present Bishop of Bristol (Dr. G. F. Browne), the late Bishop of Gibraltar (Dr. W. E. Collins), and the late Bishop of Salisbury (Dr. John Wordsworth). Illness unhappily prevented the Bishop of Bristol and the late Bishop of Gibraltar from contributing articles; while the late Bishop of Salisbury had completed only two of his promised articles when, to the heavy loss of English learning, he was removed by death. The Dictionary is intended not so much for the scientifically trained historian as for the ordinary member of the English Church who desires to know the best ascertained facts in the history of the society to which he belongs. To attain this result in one volume compression and some omissions have been necessary. Yet, notwithstanding this, it is hoped that the broad features of the story have been covered. Any lack of proportion in treatment is due to the consideration that a subject admittedly obscure, when treated by an expert, demands more generous space than a subject already familiar, for which authorities are easily accessible. In fairness to the contributors, it should be said that many articles have been rigorously compressed owing to exigencies of space. It has not been thought necessary to insist on uniformity in the spelling of proper names as to which scholars of repute differ. References have been appended to most articles, designed not so much to justify the conclusions arrived at, as to direct the reader to fuller and more detailed treatment of the matter discussed. |