Religion & Society in Early Modern England

Religion & Society in Early Modern England

Author: David Cressy

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 267

ISBN-13: 0415344433

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A thorough sourcebook and accessible student text covering the interplay between religion, politics, society and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods. `An excellent and imaginative collection.' - Diarmaid MacCulloch


Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Religion, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain

Author: Patrick Collinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-11-02

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0521028043

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Seventeen distinguished historians of early modern Britain pay tribute to an outstanding scholar and teacher, presenting reviews of major areas of debate.


Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England

Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England

Author: Kenneth Charlton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-01-04

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1134676581

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Women, Religion and Education in Early Modern England is a study of the nature and extent of the education of women in the context of both Protestant and Catholic ideological debates. Examining the role of women both as recipients and agents of religious instruction, the author assesses the nature of power endowed in women through religious education, and the restraints and freedoms this brought.


The Secularization of Early Modern England

The Secularization of Early Modern England

Author: Charles John Sommerville

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 0195074270

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This study overcomes the ambiguity and daunting scale of the subject of secularization by using the insights of anthropology and sociology, and by examining an earlier period than usually considered. Concentrating not only on a decline of religious belief, which is the last aspect of secularization, this study shows that a transformation of England's cultural grammar had to precede that loosening of belief, and that this was largely accomplished between 1500 and 1700. Only when definitions of space and time changed and language and technology were transformed (as well as art and play) could a secular world-view be sustained. As aspects of daily life became divorced from religious values and controls, religious culture was supplanted by religious faith, a reasoned, rather than an unquestioned, belief in the supernatural. Sommerville shows that this process was more political and theological than economic or social.


Religion and life cycles in early modern England

Religion and life cycles in early modern England

Author: Caroline Bowden

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Published: 2021-10-12

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1526149222

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Religion and life cycles in early modern England assembles scholars working in the fields of history, English literature and art history to further our understanding of the intersection between religion and the life course in the period c. 1550–1800. Featuring chapters on Catholic, Protestant and Jewish communities, it encourages cross-confessional comparison between life stages and rites of passage that were of religious significance to all faiths in early modern England. The book considers biological processes such as birth and death, aspects of the social life cycle including schooling, coming of age and marriage and understandings of religious transition points such as spiritual awakenings and conversion. Through this inclusive and interdisciplinary approach, it seeks to show that the life cycle was not something fixed or predetermined and that early modern individuals experienced multiple, overlapping life cycles.


Shakespeare and the Culture of Christianity in Early Modern England

Shakespeare and the Culture of Christianity in Early Modern England

Author: Dennis Taylor

Publisher: Studies in Religion and Litera

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13:

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The question of Shakespeare's Catholic contexts has occupied many scholars in recent years and this study brings together 16 original essays examining Shakespeare's work in the light of revisionist scholarship, from monastic life in 'Measure for Measure' to Puritanism in 'Hamlet'.


Law, Politics and Society in Early Modern England

Law, Politics and Society in Early Modern England

Author: Christopher W. Brooks

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2009-01-08

Total Pages: 469

ISBN-13: 1139475290

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Law, like religion, provided one of the principal discourses through which early-modern English people conceptualised the world in which they lived. Transcending traditional boundaries between social, legal and political history, this innovative and authoritative study examines the development of legal thought and practice from the later middle ages through to the outbreak of the English civil war, and explores the ways in which law mediated and constituted social and economic relationships within the household, the community, and the state at all levels. By arguing that English common law was essentially the creation of the wider community, it challenges many current assumptions and opens new perspectives about how early-modern society should be understood. Its magisterial scope and lucid exposition will make it essential reading for those interested in subjects ranging from high politics and constitutional theory to the history of the family, as well as the history of law.


Music and Society in Early Modern England

Music and Society in Early Modern England

Author: Christopher Marsh

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-05-02

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 1107610249

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Comprehensive, lavishly illustrated survey of English popular music during the early modern period. Accompanied by specially commissioned recordings.


Women and Religion in England

Women and Religion in England

Author: Patricia Crawford

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-03-18

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1136097562

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Patricia Crawford explores how the study of gender can enhance our understanding of religious history, in this study of women and their apprehensions of God in early modern England. The book has three broad themes: the role of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of religion to contemporary women, focusing on the range of practices and beliefs; and the role of gender in the period. The author argues that religion in the early modern period cannot be understood without a perception of the gendered nature of its beliefs, institutions and language. Contemporary religious ideology reinforced women's inferior position, but, as the author shows, it was possible for some women to transcend these beliefs and profoundly influence history.