Heaven in Ordinary: George Herbert and His Writings

George Herbert (1593-1633), one of the greatest English poets, was also a major figure in the shaping of a distinctive 'Anglican spirituality' during the seventeenth century. Though neither of these terms was in use at the time, the richly memorable writings of Herbert and his contemporaries - Lancelot Andrewes, John Donne, Henry Vaughan and Thomas Traherne - capture the spirit of the fledgling Church of England, steering a middle way between the more extreme claims of Calvinism on the one ...