Oaths and the English Reformation

Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Michael Gray is Assistant Professor of Church History at Virginia Theological Seminary. Klappentext An examination of the significance and function of oaths in the English Reformation. Zusammenfassung Oaths were the medium through which the Henrician regime implemented its ideology and secured loyalty among the people and the tool by which the English people embraced! resisted and manipulated royal policy. By considering the central importance of oaths! Jonathan Michael Gray offers new insights into the English Reformation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Notes on the text; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The theoretical basis of swearing oaths; 2. Oaths, subscriptions, and the implementation of the Parliamentary reforms of 1534; 3. The origin and motivation of the Henrician professions; 4. Responses to the oaths of succession and supremacy; 5. Oaths and the pilgrimage of grace; 6. Oaths, evangelicals, and heresy prosecution; Conclusion; Appendix A. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the Pope; Appendix B. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the King in restitution for their temporalities; Appendix C. The promise of the bishops to renounce the Pope and his bulls; Appendix D. The oaths of succession; Appendix E. Instructions for the visitation of the friars, their profession, and the profession of other clerical institutions in 1534; Appendix F. The professions of bishops and universities in 1535; Appendix G. Post-1535 Henrician oaths of supremacy; Bibliography; Index.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Michael Gray, Jonathan Michael (Virginia Theological Semin Gray, Gray Jonathan Michael
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 18.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107018020
• ISBN: 978-1-107-01802-0
• Seiten: 286
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Christentum; England, History, European History, RELIGION / Christianity / Anglican, RELIGION / Christianity / Episcopalian, c 1500 onwards to present day, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Anglican and Episcopalian Churches, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General