Nicholas Henshall: 2 books
Holy Ground
Cathedrals in the twenty-first century
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.
Many—both...
The Myth of Absolutism
Change & Continuity in Early Modern European Monarchy
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Conventionally, ``absolutism'' in early-modern Europe has suggested unfettered autocracy and despotism -- the erosion of rights, the centralisation of decision-making, the loss of liberty. Everything, in a word, that was un-British but characteristic of ancien-regime France. Recently historians have...