Heretics and believers : A History of the English Reformation

"A sumptuously written people's history and a major retelling and reinterpretation of the story of the English Reformation Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history--the first major overview for general readers... Full description

Main Author:	Marshall, Peter.
Published:	New Haven : Yale University Press, 2018
Subjects:	REFORMATION - ENGLAND. ENGLAND - CHURCH HISTORY - 16th CENTURY. ENGLAND - RELIGIOUS LIFE AND CUSTOMS.
Online Access:	Full text - Book opens through link in DTL
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Summary:	"A sumptuously written people's history and a major retelling and reinterpretation of the story of the English Reformation Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history--the first major overview for general readers in a generation--argues that sixteenth-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of "reform" in various competing guises. King Henry VIII wanted an orderly, uniform Reformation, but his actions opened a Pandora's Box from which pluralism and diversity flowed and rooted themselves in English life. With sensitivity to individual experience as well as masterfully synthesizing historical and institutional developments, Marshall frames the perceptions and actions of people great and small, from monarchs and bishops to ordinary families and ecclesiastics, against a backdrop of profound change that altered the meanings of "religion" itself. This engaging history reveals what was really at stake in the overthrow of Catholic culture and the reshaping of the English Church"-
Item Description:	Includes Index and Bibliographical References.
Physical Description:	eBook
ISBN:	9780300226331

Heretics and believers : A History of the English Reformation

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