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'''''The hierarchie of the blessed angells: their names, order and offices: the fall of Lucifer with his angells''''' is a 1635 [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/learn/glossary-terms/didactic-poetry#:~:text=Poetry%20that%20instructs%2C%20either%20in,to%20convey%20to%20its%20readers didactic poem] in nine books, a complete copy of which is at the [https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915326883503681 University of Pennsylvania's Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts]. The contents, as per the name, of the collection are concerned with the categorization of angels, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_in_Christianity angelology], in the Christian sense, as well as the rebellion of Satan and his subsequent fall of grace, along with his demons. The author is named to be [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Heywood Thomas Heywood], while the printer is referred to as [https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG211499 Adam Islip]. It was printed in London and dedicated to the queen at the time: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Maria Queen Henretta Maria].

= History & Content =

== Authorship ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Heywood Thomas Heywood] was a early 17th century playwright, better known for his dramatic work. His later plays, however, were criticized for being too mean and taking too much from the ancients, such as Homer.‎<ref>Wright, Louis B. “Notes on Thomas Heywood’s Later Reputation.” ''The Review of English Studies'' 4, no. 14 (1928): 135–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/508142‎</ref> Little is known of Heywood's motivations for composing this 9-book didactic poem, but a dedication following the title page expresses that the collection was composed for Queen Henretta Maria, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church Roman Catholic], which made her unpopular in England and prevented her from ever being crowned<ref>https://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/stuart_16.html.</ref>. Given Heywood's lack of other didactic poetry, it's possible this was a commission someone may have paid him for. Noticeably, ''The hierarchie of the blessed angells: their names, order and offices: the fall of Lucifer with his angells'' appears to be his only entirely theological work.

[[File:AngelBookCover.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|Illustration and title page for book]]

= Angelology =

Heywood used [https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/pseudo-dionysius-areopagite/ Dionysian theory] as the framework from which he'd give his own interpretation of angels <ref name="Briggs">Briggs, K. M. “Heywood’s Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells.” Folklore 80, no. 2 (1969): 89–106. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1258462.</ref>. Additionally, he used the [https://www.britannica.com/science/Ptolemaic-system Ptolemaic system] as the rule by which to connect the angel hierarchies to the system of the world; according to it, the universe hung by a golden chain from the Throne of God, with the universe itself being spheres within spheres until it reached the smallest one –– Earth <ref name="Briggs" />. Heywood also follows St. Augustine by implying the polytheistic gods of other and their pre-Christianization past as not senseless idols, but demons tricking humans to worship them. It's remarked that at first sight of an angel, a man will first be afraid, but an angel will reassure him. A demon, on the other hand, will first make a flattering appearance, then leave the man having terrified him. 

== Books ==

* The Seraphim
* The Cherubim
[[File:AngelCherub.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|Cherub angel]]

* The Thrones
* The Dominations
* The Virtues
* The Powers
* The Principats
* The Arch-Angells
[[File:AngelMichael.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|Michael the Archangel]]

* The Angell

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