London and the Reformation
Susan Brigden(Author)
Clarendon Press
Published on 29. August 1991
Book
Paperback/Softback
695 pages
978-0-19-820256-1 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study and an evocation of the religious and social world of a community transformed by the Reformation. In London the new faith was most fervently evangelized and most fiercely resisted. Londoners had once been bound by a common faith, but now they were, for the first time, divided in religion as successive monarchs - Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary - demanded contrary religious allegiances. The disproportionate size and wealth of the capital, the strength of its religious example, both reformed and conservative, the network of connections within London and between London and the provinces and overseas, and its particular integration of social forces and high politics meant that London played a moving part in the reception of the English Reformation. This book draws upon the rich archival sources of 16th-century London to explore how the dilemma of faith was confronted during the Reformation, and to examine the consequences.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
1 figure, 1 map, 6 tables
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 130 mm
Weight
831 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-820256-1 (9780198202561)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
The Catholic community; The heretical community; City and church; Clergy and communalty, 1529-1533; The political reformation, 1534-1536; The reformation in religion, 1534-1539; The Act of Six Articles and its victims; Politics and persecution, 1540-1546; The old faith and the new; The religion of Edwardian London; The creation of the Commonwealth; London and high politics in the reign of Edward VI; "Troy untrue" and the rebellions of Queen Jane and Queen Mary; "Partly for love, partly for fear, to conformity".