How the English Reformation was Named - The Politics of History, 1400-1700

How the English Reformation was Named analyses the shifting semantics of 'reformation' in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally denoting the intended aim of church councils, 'reformation' was subsequently redefined to denote violent revolt, and ultimately a series of past episodes in religious history.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: 'In Head and in Members': Discourses of Reformation, c. 1414-1563


• 2: Dangerous Positions: Debating Reformation, 1553-1603


• 3: 'That Damned Dialogue': The Reformations of Jacobean Britain, 1603-1625


• 4: 'This Present Reformation in England': From Civil Wars to Apologetic Consensus, 1625-1660


• 5: Reformed Catholics, True Protestants: Tudor Religious History in Restoration England, 1660-1685


• Conclusion

About the author

Benjamin M. Guyer is a lecturer at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He has also taught at the University of Florida, the University of Kansas, and Santa Fe College. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is a council member of the Sixteenth Century Society and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for Anglican and Episcopal History.

Product details

• Authors: Guyer Benjamin
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 04.11.2025
• EAN: 9780198976141
• ISBN: 978-0-19-897614-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / History, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards