Popular Religion in Sixteenth-Century England: Holding Their Peace

ISBN-13: 9780333619919 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 258 str.

Christopher W. Marsh

Opis

This book is a lively and accessible study of English religious life during the century of the Reformation. It draws together a wide range of recent research and makes extensive use of colourful contemporary evidence. The author explores the involvement of ordinary people within, alongside and beyond the church, covering topics such as liturgical practice, church office, relations with the clergy, festivity, religious fellowships, cheap print, 'magical' religion and dissent. The result is a distinctive interpretation of the Reformation as it was experienced by English people, and the strength, resourcefulness and flexibility of their religion emerges as an important theme.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Layfolk within the Church.- Layfolk alongside the Church.- Layfolk beyond the Church.- Conclusions: The Compliance Conundrum.- Glossary.- Bibliography.- Index.

O autorze

CHRISTOPHER MARSH is Lecturer in History at The Queen's University of Belfast.