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The King's Reformation: Henry VIII and the remaking of the English church by G. W. BernardPublication Date: 2007-08-21
Henry VIII's reformation remains among the most crucial yet misunderstood events in English history. Bernard presents the king not as a pawn in the hands of manipulative factions, but as the determining mover of religious policy throughout this momentous period. In his campaign to secure a divorce from Catherine of Aragon, which led him to break with Rome, his strategy, as Bernard shows, was more consistent and more radical than historians have allowed. Henry refused to introduce Lutheranism, but rather harnessed the rhetoric of the continental reformation in support of his royal supremacy.
Reformation Divided: Catholics, Protestants and the conversion of England by Eamon DuffyPublication Date: 2017-03-09
Reformation Divided explores the impact in England of the 'The Reformation.' This book challenges the common thought that the shattering of the medieval religious foundations of Europe was a single process, in which a defective form of Christianity was replaced by 'the midwife of the modern world'. The book challenges these assumptions by tracing the ways in which the project of reforming Christendom from within broke apart into conflicting and often murderous energies and ideologies, dividing not only Catholic from Protestant, but creating deep internal rifts within all the churches which emerged from Europe's religious conflicts.
Saints, Sacrilege and Sedition: religion and conflict in the Tudor Reformations by Eamon DuffyPublication Date: 2012-06-21
Once again he emphasises the importance of a study of Late Medieval religion and society for an understanding of the Reformation, he rescues Mary Tudor and Cardinal Pole from their detractors but shows once again his brilliance at understanding the effect of the Reformation on the population at large and the common man. Duffy writes at all times with grace, elegance and wit as he sees through the prejudices and myths of other Reformation scholars and demonstrates that the truth is never pure nor simple. This is revisionist history at its very best.
The Stripping of the Altars: traditional religion in England, c.1400-c.1580 by Eamon DuffyISBN: 0300108281
Publication Date: 2005-05-10
This prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion in fifteenth-century England. Eamon Duffy shows that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system.
God's Bestseller: William Tyndale, Thomas More, and the writing of the English Bible-- a story of martyrdom and betrayal by Brian MoynahanPublication Date: 2003-08-23
The English Bible---the mot familiar book in our language---is the product of a man who was exiled, vilified, betrayed, then strangled, then burnt. William Tyndale left England in 1524 to translate the word of God into English. This was heresy, punishable by death. Sir Thomas More, hailed as a saint and a man for all seasons, considered it his divine duty to pursue Tyndale. He did so with an obsessive ferocity that, in all probability, led to Tyndale's capture and death.
England's Long Reformation, 1500-1800 by Nicholas TyackePublication Date: 2003-09-02
England's Long Reformation" brings together a distinguished team of scholars, who seek to advance beyond current debates concerning the English Reformation. It puts the religious changes of the 16th century in longer perspective than has been traditional and counters the recent emphasis on the popularity of pre-Reformation Catholicism. Instead the case is argued for an underlying trajectory of evangelical activity from the 1520s.
The Gospel and Henry VIII: evangelicals in the early English Reformation by Alec RyrieISBN: 9780511062100
Publication Date: 2003-01-01
The last years of Henry VIII's life, 1539-47, have conventionally been seen as a time when the king persecuted Protestants. This book argues that Henry's policies were much more ambiguous; that he continued to give support to Protestantism and that many accordingly also remained loyal to him. It also examines why the Protestants eventually adopted a more radical, oppositional stance, and argues that English Protestantism's eventual identity was determined during these years.
The Debate on the English Reformation by Rosemary O'Day; Roger Richardson (Series edited by)Publication Date: 2015-11-01
This book combines a discussion of successive historical approaches to the English Reformation with a critical review of recent debates in the area. It explores the way in which successive generations have found the Reformation relevant to their own times and have in the process rediscovered, redefined and rewritten its story. It shows that not only people who called themselves historians but also politicians, ecclesiastics, journalists and campaigners argued about interpretations of the Reformation and the motivations of its principal agents.
Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London, 1500-1620 by Claire S. SchenPublication Date: 2017-03-02
The degree to which the English Protestant Reformation was a reflection of genuine popular piety as opposed to a political necessity imposed by the country's rulers has been a source of lively historical debate in recent years. Whilst numerous arguments and documentary sources have been marshalled to explain how this most fundamental restructuring of English society came about, most historians have tended to divide the sixteenth century into pre and post-Reformation halves, reinforcing the inclination to view the Reformation as a watershed between two intellectually and culturally opposed periods.
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