The Bible in Spain (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: George Henry Borrow
- First Published: 1842
- Type of Work: Travel journal
- Principal Characters: George Henry Borrow, Antonio Buchini, Maria Diaz
- Genres: Nonfiction, Travel writing
- Subjects: Nineteenth century, Missions or missionaries, Religion, Christianity, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Catholics or Catholic Church, Spain or Spanish people, Protestantism or Protestant churches, Madrid
George Borrow labored in darkest Spain for nearly five years, from 1835 to 1839, as the agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society in printing and settling (with another agent) thirty thousand copies in Spanish of the New Testament, a book proscribed by the Index. This remarkable achievement in the face of determined and unscrupulous opposition by the Roman Catholic hierarchy is more the background than the subject of THE BIBLE IN SPAIN, a detailed record of dangerous missionary work which begins and ends abruptly and is often a daily account of Borrow’s travels. It is...
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