Ridley, Jasper Godwin
Overview
| Works: | 55 works in 554 publications in 7 languages and 19,126 library holdings |
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| Genres: | History Biography Church history Biographies |
| Roles: | Author, Contributor, Other |
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Most widely held works about
Jasper Godwin Ridley
- Friends apart; a memoir of Esmond Romilly & Jasper Ridley in the thirties by Philip Toynbee( Book )
Most widely held works by
Jasper Godwin Ridley
The Freemasons : a history of the world's most powerful secret society by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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54 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Provides an in-depth history of freemasonry, exploring the inner workings of the powerful secret society, refuting many of the myths about the order, and shedding new light on the contributions of the freemasons to world history
54 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 1,820 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Provides an in-depth history of freemasonry, exploring the inner workings of the powerful secret society, refuting many of the myths about the order, and shedding new light on the contributions of the freemasons to world history
Elizabeth I : the shrewdness of virtue by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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27 editions published between 1987 and 2002 in English and held by 1,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Weaves history and biography to bring a portrait of Henry VIII's youngest daughter, the royal bastard of Anne Boleyn. Hesitant, indecisive, petulant, and contradictory, Elizabeth emerges from these pages as a consummate politician who transformed England from a peripheral European state into a world power
27 editions published between 1987 and 2002 in English and held by 1,589 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Weaves history and biography to bring a portrait of Henry VIII's youngest daughter, the royal bastard of Anne Boleyn. Hesitant, indecisive, petulant, and contradictory, Elizabeth emerges from these pages as a consummate politician who transformed England from a peripheral European state into a world power
Henry VIII by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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41 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the story of Henry VIII's rule and of his genius for the exercise of power
41 editions published between 1984 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tells the story of Henry VIII's rule and of his genius for the exercise of power
Garibaldi by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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33 editions published between 1974 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian pronunciation: [d{7f0292}uzppe aribaldi]) (July 4, 1807 ? June 2, 1882) was an Italian general and politician. He is considered, with Camillo Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini, as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". Garibaldi was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento, since he personally commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led eventually to the formation of a unified Italy. He generally tried to act on behalf of a legitimate power, which does not make him exactly a revolutionary: for example, he was appointed general by the provisional government of Milan in 1848, General of the Roman Republic in 1849 by the Minister of War, and led the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf and with the consent of Victor Emmanuel II."--Wikipedia
33 editions published between 1974 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 1,285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Giuseppe Garibaldi (Italian pronunciation: [d{7f0292}uzppe aribaldi]) (July 4, 1807 ? June 2, 1882) was an Italian general and politician. He is considered, with Camillo Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II and Giuseppe Mazzini, as one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland". Garibaldi was a central figure in the Italian Risorgimento, since he personally commanded and fought in many military campaigns that led eventually to the formation of a unified Italy. He generally tried to act on behalf of a legitimate power, which does not make him exactly a revolutionary: for example, he was appointed general by the provisional government of Milan in 1848, General of the Roman Republic in 1849 by the Minister of War, and led the Expedition of the Thousand on behalf and with the consent of Victor Emmanuel II."--Wikipedia
Thomas Cranmer by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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46 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 ? 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of Royal Supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm."--Wikipedia
46 editions published between 1962 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,274 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Thomas Cranmer (2 July 1489 ? 21 March 1556) was a leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI and, for a short time, Mary I. He helped build a favourable case for Henry's divorce from Catherine of Aragon which resulted in the separation of the English Church from union with the Holy See. Along with Thomas Cromwell, he supported the principle of Royal Supremacy, in which the king was considered sovereign over the Church within his realm."--Wikipedia
John Knox by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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18 editions published between 1968 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the most comprehensive biography of John Knox since Hume Brown's major study, published more than seventy years ago. The personality of Knox has alternately fascinated and appalled his posterity. The aristocratic eighteenth century condemned him; the Puritanical and radical nineteenth century admired him. Mr. Ridley's twentieth-century view is that Knox, despite his intolerance and the tyranny of his Church Sessions, was a great contributor to the struggle for human freedom. One can appreciate the tribute that was paid to him, ten years after his death, by his English Puritan follower, John Field. "What a heroical and bold spirit he was!" [Book jacket]
18 editions published between 1968 and 1970 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,250 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This is the most comprehensive biography of John Knox since Hume Brown's major study, published more than seventy years ago. The personality of Knox has alternately fascinated and appalled his posterity. The aristocratic eighteenth century condemned him; the Puritanical and radical nineteenth century admired him. Mr. Ridley's twentieth-century view is that Knox, despite his intolerance and the tyranny of his Church Sessions, was a great contributor to the struggle for human freedom. One can appreciate the tribute that was paid to him, ten years after his death, by his English Puritan follower, John Field. "What a heroical and bold spirit he was!" [Book jacket]
Statesman and saint : Cardinal Wolsey, Sir Thomas More, and the politics of Henry VIII by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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9 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More
9 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and held by 1,196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of Cardinal Wolsey and Sir Thomas More
Lord Palmerston by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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27 editions published between 1970 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784? 18 October 1865), known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Popularly nicknamed "Pam," or "The Mongoose", he was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal."--Wikipedia
27 editions published between 1970 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,167 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784? 18 October 1865), known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. Popularly nicknamed "Pam," or "The Mongoose", he was in government office almost continuously from 1807 until his death in 1865, beginning his parliamentary career as a Tory and concluding it as a Liberal."--Wikipedia
Mussolini by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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26 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 937 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This biography of Benito Mussolini describes his upbringing in the violent society of nineteenth-century Italy and the revolutionary traditions of Italian Socialism; his suspension from school for attacking other boys with knives; his imprisonment in Switzerland as an anarchist tramp. He had numerous love affairs and became a brilliant orator and journalist. He founded the Fascist party and ordered his squads to burn down the party offices of the Communists and Socialists during four years of virtual civil war. Mussolini, having become Prime Minister and dictator after the March on Rome, showed his true colors as an empire builder and, eventually, as a racist and persecutor of the Jews
26 editions published between 1997 and 2002 in 5 languages and held by 937 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This biography of Benito Mussolini describes his upbringing in the violent society of nineteenth-century Italy and the revolutionary traditions of Italian Socialism; his suspension from school for attacking other boys with knives; his imprisonment in Switzerland as an anarchist tramp. He had numerous love affairs and became a brilliant orator and journalist. He founded the Fascist party and ordered his squads to burn down the party offices of the Communists and Socialists during four years of virtual civil war. Mussolini, having become Prime Minister and dictator after the March on Rome, showed his true colors as an empire builder and, eventually, as a racist and persecutor of the Jews
The Tudor age by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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28 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A picture of England of great beauty and violence, achievement and despair
28 editions published between 1988 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 888 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A picture of England of great beauty and violence, achievement and despair
Napoleon III and Eugenie by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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15 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 ? 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and, as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France....Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 ? 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French pronunciation: {7f200b}[ø?eni d montixo]), was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French."--Wikipedia
15 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte (20 April 1808 ? 9 January 1873) was the first President of the French Republic and, as Napoleon III, the ruler of the Second French Empire. He was the nephew and heir of Napoleon I. Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d'état in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation. He ruled as Emperor of the French until 4 September 1870. He holds the distinction of being both the first titular president and the last monarch of France....Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 ? 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo (French pronunciation: {7f200b}[ø?eni d montixo]), was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French."--Wikipedia
Maximilian and Juárez by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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24 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the great tragicomedies of the nineteenth century, the attempt by Napoleon III to establish Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the emperor of Mexico. Biographer Jasper Ridley provides a colorful narrative of this ill-starred undertaking, which pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old, and ended with the execution of Maximilian, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power.--From publisher description
24 editions published between 1992 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 842 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
One of the great tragicomedies of the nineteenth century, the attempt by Napoleon III to establish Archduke Maximilian of Austria as the emperor of Mexico. Biographer Jasper Ridley provides a colorful narrative of this ill-starred undertaking, which pitted liberals against conservatives and the New World against the Old, and ended with the execution of Maximilian, the insanity of his wife, Charlotte, and the emergence of the United States as a world power.--From publisher description
Bloody Mary's martyrs : the story of England's terror by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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12 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 807 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this chronicle of a Catholic monarch's heartless rage, a nation's fear, and the unimaginable courage of the Protestants who died for their faith, Jasper Ridley explores the dark years of Mary Tudor's reign and the most extreme persecution ever to occur in England--more than three hundred victims in less than three years. Within months of her ascension to the English throne in 1553, Mary restored Roman Catholicism to the nation, reinstated papal supremacy, wedded the Spanish prince Philip, and sealed an alliance with Catholic Spain. Her marriage failed to produce an heir, however. That failure--a sign, in Mary's view, of God's displeasure with the practice of "heretic" religion in England--prompted the childless queen to initiate her purge. Thus began the fires at Smithfield, and hundreds of Protestants--among them the Anglican bishop Hugh Latimer and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, as well as many prominent members of the nobility--met their death at the stake. This meticulously researched history relates their tragic, brutal, and often inspiring tale
12 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 807 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this chronicle of a Catholic monarch's heartless rage, a nation's fear, and the unimaginable courage of the Protestants who died for their faith, Jasper Ridley explores the dark years of Mary Tudor's reign and the most extreme persecution ever to occur in England--more than three hundred victims in less than three years. Within months of her ascension to the English throne in 1553, Mary restored Roman Catholicism to the nation, reinstated papal supremacy, wedded the Spanish prince Philip, and sealed an alliance with Catholic Spain. Her marriage failed to produce an heir, however. That failure--a sign, in Mary's view, of God's displeasure with the practice of "heretic" religion in England--prompted the childless queen to initiate her purge. Thus began the fires at Smithfield, and hundreds of Protestants--among them the Anglican bishop Hugh Latimer and Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, as well as many prominent members of the nobility--met their death at the stake. This meticulously researched history relates their tragic, brutal, and often inspiring tale
Nicholas Ridley, a biography by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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14 editions published in 1957 in English and Undetermined and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published in 1957 in English and Undetermined and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The history of England by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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18 editions published between 1981 and 1996 in English and German and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
18 editions published between 1981 and 1996 in English and German and held by 409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The law of the carriage of goods by land, sea, and air by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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40 editions published between 1957 and 1982 in English and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
40 editions published between 1957 and 1982 in English and held by 406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by
John Clarke(
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3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When the great-grandson of James I became king in 1714, few were more disquieted at the imposition of the Elector of Hanover on the English and Scottish thrones than George I himself; it was an uncomfortable beginning to a new dynasty. The House of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha describes the lives of the monarchs of those two houses against a background of war, American Independence and the Empire. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, these are the remarkable stories of the men and women - including 'mad' King George III and Queen Victoria - at the heart of English history."--Jacket
3 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 352 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"When the great-grandson of James I became king in 1714, few were more disquieted at the imposition of the Elector of Hanover on the English and Scottish thrones than George I himself; it was an uncomfortable beginning to a new dynasty. The House of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha describes the lives of the monarchs of those two houses against a background of war, American Independence and the Empire. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, these are the remarkable stories of the men and women - including 'mad' King George III and Queen Victoria - at the heart of English history."--Jacket
The life and times of Mary Tudor by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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8 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mary Tudor, Queen Mary I of England, has been remembered for four hundred years as 'Bloody Mary'. This is the story of her reign
8 editions published in 1973 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mary Tudor, Queen Mary I of England, has been remembered for four hundred years as 'Bloody Mary'. This is the story of her reign
The statesman and the fanatic : Thomas Wolsey and Thomas More by
Jasper Godwin Ridley(
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10 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
10 editions published between 1982 and 1983 in English and held by 298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Friends apart; a memoir of Esmond Romilly & Jasper Ridley in the thirties by
Philip Toynbee(
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2 editions published in 1954 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"'For the upper middle class, the thirties of this century were a period of strains and divisions, a period, between the economic crisis and the second war, when Edwardian appearances were precariously kept up.' In his memoir of Esmond Romilly and Jasper Ridley, both of whom were killed in the war, Philip Toynbee presents his two very different friends against this background of a social system on the brink of disintegration. The two subjects of this book never met each other, and their lives and characters were utterly dissimilar. Yet they shared a common background on which each, Esmond by his actions, Jasper by his doubting mind, made his own kind of destructive comment. Allowing his memories to develop their own pattern, Philip Toynbee turns from one friend to the other, holding up this or that aspect of their lives where they touched his--golden memories of love and friendship in a Wiltshire country house; of more sombre political gatherings in Oxford and Bloomsbury; memories of Jasper and his circle at Oxford, of Esmond and Spain and the Communist Party; of Jasper among the 'Liberal Girls', of Esmond's house at Rotherhithe. Round the figures of these young men, between their contrasting lives, crystallizes a picture of what it was like to grow up just before the last war--a picture that is the more vivid and touching being enclosed, unmodified by future events, in the past. For Jasper and Esmond were caught and kept by their early death in a vanished world; opposite poles, as he says, in 'that magnetic field which was the area of my own life'."--Jacket flap
2 editions published in 1954 in English and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"'For the upper middle class, the thirties of this century were a period of strains and divisions, a period, between the economic crisis and the second war, when Edwardian appearances were precariously kept up.' In his memoir of Esmond Romilly and Jasper Ridley, both of whom were killed in the war, Philip Toynbee presents his two very different friends against this background of a social system on the brink of disintegration. The two subjects of this book never met each other, and their lives and characters were utterly dissimilar. Yet they shared a common background on which each, Esmond by his actions, Jasper by his doubting mind, made his own kind of destructive comment. Allowing his memories to develop their own pattern, Philip Toynbee turns from one friend to the other, holding up this or that aspect of their lives where they touched his--golden memories of love and friendship in a Wiltshire country house; of more sombre political gatherings in Oxford and Bloomsbury; memories of Jasper and his circle at Oxford, of Esmond and Spain and the Communist Party; of Jasper among the 'Liberal Girls', of Esmond's house at Rotherhithe. Round the figures of these young men, between their contrasting lives, crystallizes a picture of what it was like to grow up just before the last war--a picture that is the more vivid and touching being enclosed, unmodified by future events, in the past. For Jasper and Esmond were caught and kept by their early death in a vanished world; opposite poles, as he says, in 'that magnetic field which was the area of my own life'."--Jacket flap
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Related Identities
- Henry VIII King of England 1491-1547 Author
- Freemasons
- Elizabeth I Queen of England 1533-1603
- More, Thomas Saint 1478-1535
- Wolsey, Thomas 1475?-1530
- Cranmer, Thomas 1489-1556
- Knox, John approximately 1514-1572
- Garibaldi, Giuseppe 1807-1882
- Palmerston, Henry John Temple Viscount 1784-1865
- Mussolini, Benito 1883-1945
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Bishops Cardinals Carriers--Law and legislation Christian martyrs Church of England Civilization Communism Cranmer, Thomas, Elizabeth--I,--Queen of England, Empresses England Eugénie,--Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, European Intervention in Mexico (1861-1867) Fascism France Freemasonry Freemasons Garibaldi, Giuseppe, Great Britain Hanover, House of Heads of state Henry--VIII,--King of England, Intellectual life Italy Juárez, Benito, Kings and rulers Knox, John, Manners and customs Mary--I,--Queen of England, Maximilian,--Emperor of Mexico, Mexico More, Thomas,--Saint, Mussolini, Benito, Napoleon--III,--Emperor of the French, Palmerston, Henry John Temple,--Viscount, Persecution Politics and government Presbyterianism Prime ministers Queens Reformation Relations with cardinals Relations with humanists Ridley, Nicholas, Romilly, Esmond Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, House of Scotland Statesmen Tudor, House of Wolsey, Thomas,
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Godwin Ridley, Jasper 1920-2004
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Jasper Ridley British historian and politician
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