Memory and the Dissolution of the Monasteries in Early Modern England

Explores the seismic impact of the dissolution of the monasteries, offering a new perspective on the English Reformation.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. 'No news but the abbeys shall be down': reform, surrender, and suppression in the 1530s and 1540s; 2. 'Worthy of lasting memory': the dissolution in the early modern historical imagination; 3. 'Raised out of the ruins': monastic sites in the early modern topographical imagination; 4. 'Many pretty odd tales': monks, monasteries, and the sin of sacrilege in local tradition; Conclusion.

About the author

Harriet Lyon is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. She has published articles in the Historical Journal, the Sixteenth Century Journal, and Reformation.

Product details

• Authors: Harriet Lyon, Harriet (University of Cambridge) Lyon
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781316516409
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51640-9
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards