The Lost Works of Thomas Becon

Abstract This article attributes four lost works to the literary corpus of the English clergyman and bestselling Tudor devotional author Thomas Becon (1512–1567): The Shelde of Saluacion, An Heauenly Acte, Christen Prayers and Godly Meditacions, and The Resurreccion of the Masse. It ascribes these t...

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Published inLibrary Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 477 - 497
Main Author Reimer, Jonathan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Oxford University Press 01.12.2020
Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
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Becon, Thomas (1512-1567)
Christianity
Lost works
Tudor period
Writers
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Summary:Abstract This article attributes four lost works to the literary corpus of the English clergyman and bestselling Tudor devotional author Thomas Becon (1512–1567): The Shelde of Saluacion, An Heauenly Acte, Christen Prayers and Godly Meditacions, and The Resurreccion of the Masse. It ascribes these texts to Becon in light of three types of corroborating evidence: contemporary attribution, parallels of content, and early publication history. These four lost works not only furnish a fuller picture of his literary output, but also provide new insights into his career, rhetoric, and theology. As Becon was the most popular evangelical devotional author writing in English during the sixteenth century, this analysis of his hitherto unattributed books makes a valuable contribution to the bibliography of Tudor England, especially during the transformative years of the Henrician, Edwardine, Marian, and Elizabethan Reformations.
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ISSN:0024-2160
1744-8581
DOI:10.1093/library/21.4.477