2nd Edition

Religion and Society in Early Modern England A Sourcebook

Edited By David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

264 Pages
by Routledge

Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods. It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox religious writing, institutional church documents, and parliamentary proceedings. Helpful... Read more
Introduction  1. Tradition and Change: The Old Religion and the New  2. The Established Church  3. Religious Culture and Religious Contest in Elizabethan England  4. The Jacobian Church  5. Ceremonialism and its Discontents  6. Religious Revolution

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David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell

"An unusually imaginative collection of readings on the religious life of England from the Reformation to the Restoration." - Paul S. Seaver, Stanford University