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Heretics and believers : a history of the English Reformation / Peter Marshall.

By: Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26- [author.]Description: 652p. illustrations (black and white)ISBN: 9780300226331; 0300226330; 9780300234589Subject(s): Reformation -- England | England -- Religious life and customs | England -- Church history -- 16th centuryGenre/Form: Church history.Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleLOC classification: BR377 | .M34 2018
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Preface -- Part I. Reformations before Reformation -- 1. The Imitation of Christ -- 2. Lights of the World -- 3. Head and Members -- 4. Marvellous Foolishness -- Part II. Separations -- 5. Converts -- 6. Martyrs and Matrimony -- 7. Supremacy -- 8. Pilgrimage Ends -- Part III. New Christianities -- 9. Mumpsimus and Sumpsimus -- 10. Josiah -- 11. Slaying Antichrist -- 12. The Two Queens -- 13. Time of Trial -- Part IV. Unattainable Prizes -- 14. Alteration -- 15. Unsettled England -- 16. Admonitions -- 17. Wars of Religion -- Postscript -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index
Summary: Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping history, an overview for general readers, argues that 16th-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of 'reform' in various competing guises.
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Previously issued in print: 2017.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Plates -- Preface -- Part I. Reformations before Reformation -- 1. The Imitation of Christ -- 2. Lights of the World -- 3. Head and Members -- 4. Marvellous Foolishness -- Part II. Separations -- 5. Converts -- 6. Martyrs and Matrimony -- 7. Supremacy -- 8. Pilgrimage Ends -- Part III. New Christianities -- 9. Mumpsimus and Sumpsimus -- 10. Josiah -- 11. Slaying Antichrist -- 12. The Two Queens -- 13. Time of Trial -- Part IV. Unattainable Prizes -- 14. Alteration -- 15. Unsettled England -- 16. Admonitions -- 17. Wars of Religion -- Postscript -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Index

Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping history, an overview for general readers, argues that 16th-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of 'reform' in various competing guises.

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