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The English Reformation and the laity : Gloucestershire, 1540-1580 / Caroline Litzenberger.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in early modern British historyPublication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585041571
  • 9780585041575
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: English Reformation and the laity.DDC classification:
  • 274.24/106 21
LOC classification:
  • BR377.5.G56 L57 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Setting the scene -- 2. Gloucestershire in the 1530s -- 3. The new diocese of Gloucester (1540-1546) -- 4. The advent of Edwardian Protestantism (1547-1553) -- 5. A return to the old religion (1553-1558) -- 6. The early years of Elizabeth's reign (1559-1569) -- 7. The clarification of the religious settlement (1570-1580) -- App. A. Sources and methodology -- App. B. Results of wills analysis -- App. C. Parish finances.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index.

Print version record.

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Gloucestershire in the 1530s -- 3. The new diocese of Gloucester (1540-1546) -- 4. The advent of Edwardian Protestantism (1547-1553) -- 5. A return to the old religion (1553-1558) -- 6. The early years of Elizabeth's reign (1559-1569) -- 7. The clarification of the religious settlement (1570-1580) -- App. A. Sources and methodology -- App. B. Results of wills analysis -- App. C. Parish finances.

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.

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