Psalms or Prayers

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Psalms or Prayers was the first book published by Catherine Parr, queen consort of England. It is an English translation of the Latin Psalms, published by John Fisher around 1525. [1]

Psalms or Prayers was published anonymously in 1544 by Parr, the sixth wife of Henry VIII. [2] She went on to publish Prayers or Meditations in 1545 and The Lamentation of a Sinner in 1548.

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References

  1. Introduction to Psalms or Prayers (1544), Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence, ed. Janel Mueller, Chicago University Press (2011), http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.7208/chicago/9780226647265.003.0007
  2. Katherine Parr: Complete Works and Correspondence, ed. Janel Mueller, Chicago University Press