Philip Perrys Sketch of the Ancient British History: A Critical Edition

Product DescriptionThis book provides a thorough edition of a sofar unpublished manuscript bearing the title Sketch of the ancient British History, chiefly with regard to Church affairs, from the first Conversion of ye Britons to Xtianity, down to ye Conversion of the Saxons and preserved at St Albans English College in Valladolid (Spain). Written by Philip Perry, who was rector of this Catholic seminary from 1768 till his death in 1774, the Sketch provides a historical account stretching from the arrival of the Romans in Britain down to Saint Columbas Christianizing mission in the VIth century and possesses an intrinsic value insofar as it is genuinely (and historically) anchored in major historical and cultural phenomena: the history of the English Church and the huge influence of Bedes work, the religious history of Europe since the XVIth century, the perception of antiquity during the Enlightenment or the theological and historiographical debates of the XVIIIth century. Additionally, the edition includes an inventory of sources used by Philip Perry and extant at Saint Albans as well as the authors own transcript of the Stannington military diploma (a.d. 124: a unique historical document discovered by Philip Perry himself around 1761.About the AuthorThe editors of this volume are all members of a research team established in 2001 at the University of Valladolid (Spain) and ever since involved in several governmentfunded projects. Formed by members of the teaching and research staff of Valladolids Department of English Studies (Departamento de Filologia Inglesa): the Grupo San Albano Saint Albans Project is primarily devoted to the study of the role of Saint Albans College (Valladolid) in the history of AngloSpanish relations and, more particularly, its rich documentary sources, including the edition and publication of relevant manuscripts. Anunciacion Carrera has worked on early medieval Britain and Ireland, and also on Saint Albans Colleges institutional relations. She is currently preparing the first edition of Philip M. Perrys correspondence. Maria Jose Carrera combines her interest in Irish literature and culture with her work on historical texts extant at the archive of Saint Albans in Valladolid. Ana Saez and Berta Cano have collaborated in published work on literature and celebration at St Albans, and more particularly pamphlets and emblems produced in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, while the former is preparing a forthcoming publication on the role of St Albans in the reception of English books in Spain. Apart from her research work in the Saint Albans Project, presently concerned with the students journal The Albanian (18601920), Elena GonzalezCascos has published materials on applied linguistics and language teaching. The group has been coordinated succesively by Carlos Herrero Quiros (20012006) and Pilar Garces Garcia (20072009). The latter is also the author of critical editions of literary writings by 19thcentury members of the seminary, the published translation of the Colleges Annals and a recently published brief history of the institution.