TY  - BOOK
AU  - Litzenberger,C.J.
TI  - The English Reformation and the laity: Gloucestershire, 1540-1580 
T2  - Cambridge studies in early modern British history
SN  - 0585041571
AV  - BR377.5.G56 L57 1997eb
U1  - 274.24/106 21
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Reformation
KW  - England
KW  - Gloucestershire
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Religion
KW  - Gloucestershire (England)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-206) and index; 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
N2  - 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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