Historical Lectures and Addresses

By: Mandell Creighton

Narrated by: Charlton Griffin

Mandell Creighton (1843-1901) was an English historian, bishop, and scholar, best known for his work on the history of the Papacy and the Renaissance. Born in Carlisle, England, he studied at Oxford, where he later became a fellow and tutor. Creighton was a meticulous historian who emphasized the importance of understanding historical figures in their context, avoiding anachronistic judgments. He was admired for his intellectual rigor and ability to balance academic and ecclesiastical duties. He was universally mourned at his death in 1901.

The contents and approximate start times of this recording are as follows:

The Teaching of Ecclesiastical History…00:00:00

The Congregationalists…00:55:16

The Baptists…01:32:17

The Coming of the Friars…02:14:09

St. Francis of Assisi…02:42:46

The Influence of the Friars…03:10:12

Bishop Grosseteste and his Times…03:45:27

The English Church in the Reign of Elizabeth…04:45:45

Laud’s Position in the History of the Church of England…05:12:57

The Early Renaissance in England…05:57:58

The English National Character…06:44:39

Saint Edward the Confessor…07:35:57

The Picturesque in History…08:13:39

The Study of a Country…08:59:11

Heroes…09:36:29

Elizabethan London…10:11:48

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