Research Catalog

Title

Religious identities in Henry VIII's England / Peter Marshall.

Author

Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26-

Publication

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2006.

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Details

Description

viii, 291 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

• "Henry VIII's decision to declare himself supreme head of the church in England, and thereby set himself in opposition to the authority of the papacy, had momentous consequences for the country and his subjects. At a stroke people were forced to reconsider assumptions about their identity and loyalties, in rapidly shifting political and theological circumstances. Whilst many studies have investigated Catholic and Protestant identities during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary, much less is understood about the processes of religious identity-formation during Henry's reign."
• "In this volume Peter Marshall explores a wide range of evidence that underlines the complex web of overlapping and competing identities that people were forced to assume as a religiously conservative king sought to take control of his national church. Investigating broad issues of conversion, polemic and propaganda, scripture, exile, forgery and miracles, as well as looking at specific cases of individuals and events, a rich picture is built up of the ambiguities and paradoxes of the early reformation process in England."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

Uniform Title

St. Andrews studies in Reformation history

Subjects

• Great Britain
• 1500-1599
• Church history
• Henry > VIII, > King of England, > 1491-1547
• Politics and government
• Identification (Religion)
• Great Britain > Politics and government > 1509-1547
• Great Britain > Church history > 16th century

Genre/Form

Church history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-284) and index.

Contents

Introduction : identifying religion in Henry VIII's England -- Evangelical conversion -- Fear, purgatory and polemic -- The shooting of Robert Packington -- The debate over 'unwritten verities' -- The other black legend -- Forgery and miracles -- Mumpsimus and sumpsimus -- Is the Pope a Catholic? -- The burning of John Forest -- Catholic exiles.

ISBN

• 0754653900
• 9780754653905

LCCN

2005005543

OCLC

• on1340665741
• 1340665741
• SCSB-1382508

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library