John Knox, A Godly Letter of Warning, Or Admonition to the Faithful in London, Newcastle, and Berwick

Kenneth D. Farrow (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Jacqueline Eales, Canterbury Christ Church University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1554

Places

Scotland (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Pamphlets/ Tracts/ Chapbooks
Religion and Spirituality (any)
- Sermon

Resources

A Godly letter sent too the faythefull in London / Newcastell / Barwycke / and to all other within the realme off Englande / that love the cominge of oure Lorde Jesus, by John Knox (1554), (hereafter A Godly Letter), together with A Faythfull Admonition made by Johne Knoxe, vnto the professours of Gods truthe in England, wherby thou mayest learne howe God wyll haue his Churche exercised with troubles, and how he defendeth the same (1554), (A Faithful Admonition), were the first two major admonitory public epistles to be composed and published by Knox. Prior to this, his literary career had involved a short letter sent to his congregation in St. Andrews, written no doubt in circumstances of great …

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Citation: Farrow, Kenneth D. . "A Godly Letter of Warning, Or Admonition to the Faithful in London, Newcastle, and Berwick". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 February 2009 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=25839, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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