John Bale’s 'The Image of Both Churches'

Gretchen E. Minton received her PhD from the University of British Columbia and worked at the University of Minnesota before moving to Bozeman, Montana in 2006. She is Associate Professor of English at Montana State University, where she teaches classes in Shakespeare, early modern British literature, drama, the Bible, and other topics. Dr. Minton is the co-editor of William Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton’s Timon of Athens for Arden Shakespeare (2008). Her other work as an editor includes Troilus and Cressida for the forthcoming Norton Complete Works of Shakespeare and Much Ado about Nothing for the Internet Shakespeare Editions. In addition to her work as an editor, she has published numerous articles, book reviews, and encyclopedia entries on topics including Shakespeare, Erasmus, Augustine, modern drama, and the English Reformation. She is the author of multiple articles and conference papers focusing on John Bale and John Foxe.

• Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- The two churches model.- Paraphrase or commentary?- Princely power and the elect nation.- Apocalyptic exegesis and history.-The place of the Image in Bale’s oeuvre.- Bale’s language.- Dating and publication.- The woodcuts.- The influence of the Image.- Note on the text.- The Image of both Churches.- A preface unto the Christian reader.- Part 1.- Part 2.- Part 3.- Appendix 1: Bibliography and abbreviations.- Appendix 2: Glossary of words and phrases.- Appendix 3: Names, terms, and historical events.- Appendix 4: Periods of history and symbols in the Image.-Appendix 5: Marginal references.