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  • In recent years the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and th... In recent years the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation. The associated... more
  • In recent years the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and th... In recent years the rituals and beliefs associated with the end of life and the commemoration of the dead have increasingly been identified as of critical importance in understanding the social and cultural impact of the Reformation. The associated... more
  • The problem of authority was not an invention of the Protestant Reformation bu... The problem of authority was not an invention of the Protestant Reformation but as the essays contained in this volume demonstrate its discussion in ever greater complexity was one of the ramifications (if not causes) of the deepening divisions... more
  • This review brings together new research in three areas of Anabaptist studies ... This review brings together new research in three areas of Anabaptist studies and the Radical Reformation. Part One focuses on sixteenth-century Anabaptism re-examining the polygenesis model of Anabaptism articulated by Stayer Packull and Depperman.... more
  • This volume is comprised of thirteen essays that explore penitential teachings... This volume is comprised of thirteen essays that explore penitential teachings and practices from the late fifteenth to the early seventeenth centuries in Western Europe and its colonies. Together the essays reveal that in this period penitence was... more
  • Between the religious massacres conflicts and martyrdoms that characterised mu... Between the religious massacres conflicts and martyrdoms that characterised much of Reformation Europe there seems little room for a consideration of the concept of moderation. Yet it was precisely because of this extremism that many Europeans both... more
  • Numerous historical studies use the term community to express or comment on so... Numerous historical studies use the term community to express or comment on social relationships within geographic religious political social or literary settings yet this volume is the first systematic attempt to collect together important examples... more
  • At first sight the subjects of piety and family life may appear to have little... At first sight the subjects of piety and family life may appear to have little in common. Yet as the essays in this volume make clear there are in fact a number of shared features and points of contact that make the study of these issues a... more
  • Drawing primarily from Suffolk sources this book explores the development and ... Drawing primarily from Suffolk sources this book explores the development and place of Protestantism in early modern society defined as much in terms of its practice in local communities as in its more public pronouncements from those in authority.... more
  • The Whole Booke of Psalmes was one of the most published and widely read books... The Whole Booke of Psalmes was one of the most published and widely read books of early modern England running to over 1000 editions between the 1570s and the early eighteenth century. It offered all of the Psalms paraphrased in verse with... more
  • Recent decades have witnessed the fragmentation of Reformation studies with hi... Recent decades have witnessed the fragmentation of Reformation studies with high-level research confined within specific geographical confessional or chronological boundaries. By bringing together scholars working on a wide variety of topics this... more
  • Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the early Reformatio... Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the early Reformation to the mid-eighteenth century this volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays examines some of the structures practices and media of communication that helped shape the... more
  • Whilst much recent research has dealt with the popular response to the religio... Whilst much recent research has dealt with the popular response to the religious change ushered in during the mid-Tudor period this book focuses not just on the response to broad liturgical and doctrinal change but also looks at how theological and... more
  • Notions of which behaviours comprised sin and what actions might lead to salva... Notions of which behaviours comprised sin and what actions might lead to salvation sat at the heart of Christian belief and practice in early modern England but both of these vitally important concepts were fundamentally reconfigured by the... more
  • Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London 1500-1620 explores how the English... Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London 1500-1620 explores how the English Protestant Reformation was a reflection of genuine popular piety as opposed to a political necessity imposed by the country s rulers. Through the prism of charity and lay... more
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