The English Reformation and the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540 1580

ISBN-13: 9780521475457 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 244 str.

Caroline Litzenberger

Opis

This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. It discusses official policy and policymakers, as well as local bishops and priests, but the emphasis is on the laity in all its diversity, not just Catholic or Protestant. The book shows that while some individuals and parishes may have welcomed the new religion, people generally resisted change and then gradually created their own idiosyncratic sets of beliefs and practices.

Recenzje

'… deserves to be read by students of both local history and the English Reformation in general'. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Setting the scene; 2. Gloucestershire in the 1530s; 3. The new diocese of Gloucester (1540–46); 4. The advent of Edwardian protestantism (1547–53); 5. A return to the old religion (1553–58); 6. The early years of Elizabeth's reign (1559–69); 7. The clarification of the religious settlement (1570–80); 8. Conclusion; Appendices.