The Queen's Tragedy Spiritual From Wagner and Mathilde to

From Wagner and Mathilde to Petrarch and Laura (and touching frequently upon Dante and Beatrice)

ISBN: 978-1685953355

Mauriac unfolds how the Incarnation actually affirms the inherent dignity and glory of man

seventeen-year-old Clare Offreduccio approached the altar of Blessed Virgin Mary in the poor chapel of Porziuncula

for God such as he reveals himself to us

The Queen's Tragedy Spiritual From Wagner and Mathilde toBy Robert Hugh Benson Queen Mary I is determined to undo the destruction wrought by her father, King Henry VIII: the despoilment of the Roman Catholic Church in England, the divisions sewn amongst the English people, the desertion from Papal authority for supreme independence. Her reign, Mary avers, will see the right order restored. Only then will peace and unity again be found in England. Peace and unity: beautiful ends so often sought by brutal