TheEnglishBibleintheEarlyModernWorld is a wide-ranging collection of es...The English Bible in the Early Modern World is a wide-ranging collection of essays investigating the impact of the English Bible on popular religion and reading practices and on theology religious controversy and intellectual history between 1530...more
Reformation and the Practice of Toleration examines the remarkable religious t...Reformation and the Practice of Toleration examines the remarkable religious toleration that characterized Dutch society in the early modern era. It shows how this toleration originated how it functioned and how people of different faiths interacted...more
IntheEarlyModern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to ...In the Early Modern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to articulate orthodox belief and conduct through texts sermons rituals and images - communities grappled frequently with the connection between sacred space and behavior....more
This book explores the biblical story of the Curse of Ham and its relationship...This book explores the biblical story of the Curse of Ham and its relationship to the defence of slavery. It shows how during the Reformation period the story began to be interpreted in new ways that provided justification for the rapidly expanding...more
This book explores the biblical story of the Curse of Ham and its relationship...This book explores the biblical story of the Curse of Ham and its relationship to the defence of slavery. It shows how during the Reformation period the story began to be interpreted in new ways that provided justification for the rapidly expanding...more
This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Pro...This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered to a wide range of adolescents in the hundreds of grammar schools operating in England between the Reformation and the Enlightenment....more
This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Pro...This volume is the first attempt to assess the impact of both humanism and Protestantism on the education offered to a wide range of adolescents in the hundreds of grammar schools operating in England between the Reformation and the Enlightenment....more
IntheEarlyModern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to ...In the Early Modern period - as both reformed and Catholic churches strove to articulate orthodox belief and conduct through texts sermons rituals and images - communities grappled frequently with the connection between sacred space and behavior....more
Conflicting attitudes towards devotional art was a major factor inthe confess...Conflicting attitudes towards devotional art was a major factor in the confessional divisions that split Reformation Europe. By presenting essays concerned with both European subjects and European perceptions of other cultures The Idol in the Age of...more
More often than not debates around free speech intheearlymodern period had ...More often than not debates around free speech in the early modern period had to do with religious speech and expression. This interdisciplinary volume extends the discussion of free speech to look at the broader concept of free of expression in...more
Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from theearly 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
This volume of 15 interdisciplinary essays is based on papers given at a confe...This volume of 15 interdisciplinary essays is based on papers given at a conference at Duke University in 1998. Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the early Reformation to the mid-eighteenth century the volume examines some of...more
John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) is most famous as the composer of the first musi...John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) is most famous as the composer of the first musical setting of the English liturgy The Booke of Common Praier Noted (BCPN) published in 1550. Not only was Merbecke a pioneer in setting English prose to music but also...more
Drawing on a rich yet untapped source of Scottish autobiographical writing thi...Drawing on a rich yet untapped source of Scottish autobiographical writing this book provides a fascinating insight into the nature and extent of early-modern religious narratives. Over 80 such personal documents including diaries and...more
This book provides a new interpretation of John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) the T...This book provides a new interpretation of John Merbecke (c.1505-c.1585) the Tudor musician copyist and writer. Providing a new contextual study of Merbecke it re-interprets his work in the light of humanist rhetoric. It shows how Merbecke s 1550...more