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The English Reformation and the Laity

Gloucestershire, 1540–1580

Caroline Litzenberger author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:11th Dec '97

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The story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes.

This book examines the effects of the English Reformation on the full spectrum of lay religion from 1540 to 1580 through an investigation of individuals and parishes in Gloucestershire. Rather than focusing on either the acceptance of Protestantism or the demise of the traditional Catholic religion, as other historians have done, it considers all shades of belief against the backdrop of shifting official religious policy. The result is the story of responses ranging from stiff resistance to eager acceptance, creating a picture of the religion of the laity which is diverse and complex, but also layered as parishes and individuals expressed their faith in ways which reflected the institutional or personal nature of their piety. Finally, while the book focuses on Gloucestershire, it reveals broad patterns of beliefs and practices which could probably be found all over England.

'… deserves to be read by students of both local history and the English Reformation in general'. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

ISBN: 9780521475457

Dimensions: 236mm x 161mm x 22mm

Weight: 515g

244 pages