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Monks, Miracles and Magic Reformation Representations of the Medieval Church
By Helen L. Parish
Copyright 2005
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Helen L. Parish presents an innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by Reformation propagandists. This fascinating account sheds light on how the myths and legends of the middle ages were reconstructed, reinterpreted, and formed into a historical base for the Protestant church in the sixteenth century.... Read more
Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction 2. 'Broughte owte of deadly darkenes to lyvely lighte': Reconstructing the Medieval Past in Reformation England 3. 'Lying histories fayning false miracles': Monks, Miracles and Magic in the Medieval Past 4. 'Entique gargles of ydolatry': Saints, Images, and Hagiography in Reformation Polemic 5. 'Lying Histories Fayning False Miracles': Reformation Lives of St Thomas Becket and St Dunstan 6. 'Antichrist, and not the true successour of Peter': Popes, Miracles and Necromancy in Reformation Polemic Conclusion. Bibliography.
Biography
Helen L. Parish is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading, author of Clerical Marriage and the English Reformation (2000), and co-editor of Religion and Superstitions in Reformation Europe (2003).
'This book raises the interesting question of the use of traditional language in confessional polemics and should be commended for this.' - Ecclesiastical History, Volume 57
