The Beginnings of English Protestantism - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521003245 ISBN 13: 9780521003247

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Studies of the English Reformation have tended either to emphasise the vitality of traditional religious culture, or to shift the focus to the reigns of Elizabeth and the early Stuarts. As a result the men and women who once seemed central to the story, those who became Protestants in the early and middle decades of the sixteenth century, have tended to be marginalised. These essays draw attention to those critical early years, and to the importance of the evangelical movement in the making of England's religious revolution. By considering themes such as conversion and martyrdom, gender and authority, printing and propaganda, and the long shadow of medieval religious culture, the authors show early English Protestantism to have been a complex and many-headed movement. Rather than assuming the onward march of Protestantism, the essays reveal the unpredictable and deeply-contested process by which an English Protestant identity came to be formed.

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Review:

'It shows just how varied and kaleidoscopic the English Reformation was, from a Protestant point of view; and, with imagination and erudition, it succeeds in restoring Protestants to what was once understood as their Reformation.' Stephen Alford, Church Times

'Peter Marshall and Alec Ryrie's superb collection of essays could not have come at a better time.' The Tablet

'... stimulating set of essays ... we have here a volume that will be of immense value to historians ...' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Book Description:

This collection of essays examines the traumatic religious upheavals of early- and mid-sixteenth century England from the point of view of the early Protestants. Rather than assuming the onward march of Protestantism, the essays reveal the unpredictable and deeply-contested process by which an English Protestant identity came to be formed.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0521003245
• ISBN 13: 9780521003247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Peter Marshall, Alec Ryrie