Contested Reformations in the University of Cambridge, 1535-1584

An important new perspective on this critical intellectual and religious community, and on the conflicted nature of religious change at the time.

List of contents

Introduction
The cradle of reformation? Cambridge, 1535-1547
'Lightes to shine': evangelical reform in Edwardian Cambridge
Restoration and reaction in the reign of Mary I
Re-establishing the Protestant university, 1558-1564
Patronage, control and religious order, 1564-1584
Conservatism and Catholicism in Elizabethan Cambridge
The process of religious change
Conclusion
Appendix 1. Departures of college Fellows, 1546-1575
Appendix 2. Former members of the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford as identified in Anstruther, Seminary priests
Bibliography

About the author

Ceri Law

Summary

An important new perspective on this critical intellectual and religious community, and on the conflicted nature of religious change at the time.

Product details

• Authors: Ceri Law
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780861933471
• ISBN: 978-0-86193-347-1
• No. of pages: 245
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 526 g
• Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History; Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History; Royal Historical Society Studi; Royal Historical Society Studies in History New Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works