English Reformation and the Laity - Gloucestershire, 1540-1580

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Litzenberger is an Episcopal priest and associate professor of history at Portland State University. She is author of The English Reformation and the Laity. Klappentext This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. 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. Zusammenfassung This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. It 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Litzenberger, Caroline (West Virginia University) Litzenberger
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.1997
• EAN: 9780521475457
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47545-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Mod
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity