This entirely fresh narrative of the "British Reformations" focuses on the emotional as well as the material experience of living through the reformations in Britain during the sixteenth century.
The Protestant reformations that took place in England and Scotland during the sixteenth century were, even by the standards of the period, unusually and uniquely fractious and complicated. By combining politics, theology, and culture – and by complementing its narrative with key documents from the period – this book arms readers to study, explore, and understand the British Reformations in new ways. More importantly, it considers this fascinating period in the round, understanding the reformations as a religious and cultural movement that had impacts upon politics, society, and individuals which combined to profound and lasting effects. Above all, it shows how an empathetic study of sixteenth-century religious and cultural history can expand our understanding of the past – and of how identities can form and be altered by powerful ideas and inspired individuals as well as mighty princes.
Aided by a Who’s Who and Chronology, The Reformations in Britain is an invaluable resource for all students who study the religious and cultural history of sixteenth-century Britain.
Author(s): Anna French
Series: Seminar Studies
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 132
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Contents
Chronology
Who’s Who
Introduction
“A Godly and Most Friendly Concord”
The “British” Dimension
The Medieval Church and Luther’s Break
A Brief Historiography of the Reformation
1 Politics
The Reformation: Event or Process?
England: A Reformation of Rule?
Theories of Government: Political Philosophy and the Reformations
The “Henrician” Reformation: A Crisis of Succession?
Scottish Protestantism: Compromise and Kirk
From Edward to Elizabeth: Parliament and Piety
Royal Power and Religion Under Mary, Queen of Scots
The Reformation Completed? Settlement and Stability
2 Theologies
Martin Luther, Augustine of Hippo, and the Problem of Sin
On the History of Ideas
The English Reformation: A Lutheran National Church?
Translation and “Calvinism”
Ecclesiology in Scotland: Presbyterianism and Episcopacy
“A Church But Halfly Reformed”: Elizabethan England
3 Cultures
The Reformation and Popular Piety
Recusancy and Resistance: Catholics
The Reformation of Ritual
Death and Dying in Reformation Britain
The Protestant Family
Belief in Action: Prayer and Providence
Unauthorised Belief: Witchcraft and the Supernatural
Popular Protestantism or Failed Reformation?
Documents
Bibliography
Index
