Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation Contributor(s): Marshall, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300234589 ISBN-13: 9780300234589 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Church - History - History | Modern - 16th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
Dewey: 274.206 |
Physical Information: 2.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.90 lbs) 672 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 16th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: WINNER OF THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 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. |