David J. Davis

Experiencing God in Late Medieval and Early Modern England demonstrates that experiences of divine revelation, both biblical and contemporary, were central to late medieval and early modern English religion. The book sheds light on previously under-explored notions about divine revelation and the role these notions played in shaping large portions of English thought and belief. Bringing together a wide variety of source materials, from contemplative works and accounts of revelatory experiences to biblical commentaries, devotionals, and religious imagery, David J. Davis argues that in the period there was a collective representation of divine revelation as a source of human knowledge, which transcended other religious and intellectual divisions. Not only did most people think that divine revelation, through a ravishing encounter with God, was possible, but also divine revelation was understood to be the pinnacle of religious experience and a source of pure understanding. The book highlights a common discourse running through the sources that underpinned this collective representation of how human beings experienced the divine, and it demonstrates a continual effort across large swathes of English religion to prepare an individual's soul for an encounter with the divine, through different spiritual disciplines and devotional practices. Over a period of several centuries this discourse and the larger culture of revelation provided an essential structure and legitimacy both to contemporary claims of divine revelation and the biblical precedents that contemporary experiences were modelled after. This discourse detailed the physical, metaphysical, and epistemological features of how a human being was understood to experience divine revelation, providing a means to delimit and define what happened when an individual was rapture by God. Finally, the book situates the experience of revelation within the wider context of knowledge and identifies the ways that claims to divine revelation were legitimated as well as stigmatized based on this common understanding of the experience of rapture.

In 1547, the young King Edward VI issued a series of religious injunctions that were intended to reform the Churches in England. Religious imagery was a tangible and permanent aspect of the landscape, both inside and outside churches. For many people, it was one of the first aspects of the Church to be reformed, and the degree to which it was reformed often was indicative of an individual's or community's theological leanings. Behind this destruction lay a longstanding debate over the nature, purpose, and appropriate uses of images, particularly in relation to worship and devotion. The Reformation lines between icon and idol, however, are much more difficult to identify than any single debate, event, or royal injunction would suggest. From Icons to Idols tracks the image debate from the perspectives of both Protestants and Catholics across the period of religious change in England from 1525 to 1625. For scholars of the English Reformation, iconoclasm has played a major role in the historiographical disputes over the nature, length, and efficacy of Protestant reform. The fresh perspective of David J. Davis incorporates geography historical use and abuse, popular appeal, size, dimensions and what was represented.

The book ""Classification of Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi: Distribution of Mycological Flora on Normal Skin and Mucous Membranes"" by Catherine Virginia Fisher is a comprehensive guide to the classification and distribution of yeasts and yeast-like fungi on normal skin and mucous membranes. The book provides a detailed overview of the taxonomy, morphology, and physiology of yeasts and yeast-like fungi, as well as their ecology and pathogenicity.The author begins by introducing the basic concepts of mycology, including the classification of fungi and the structure of fungal cells. She then goes on to describe the various types of yeasts and yeast-like fungi, including their classification, morphology, and physiology. The book also covers the ecology of yeasts and yeast-like fungi, including their distribution on normal skin and mucous membranes.In addition to providing a comprehensive overview of yeasts and yeast-like fungi, the book also includes a detailed discussion of their pathogenicity. The author describes the various diseases caused by yeasts and yeast-like fungi, including candidiasis, cryptococcosis, and histoplasmosis.Overall, ""Classification of Yeasts and Yeast-Like Fungi: Distribution of Mycological Flora on Normal Skin and Mucous Membranes"" is an essential resource for anyone interested in the study of yeasts and yeast-like fungi. The book is written in clear and concise language, making it accessible to both students and professionals in the field of mycology.Illinois Medical And Dental Monographs, V1, No. 3. Additional Editors Are Ernst Gellhorn And Frederick B. Noyes.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.