Synopses & Reviews
Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods.
It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox religious writing, institutional church documents, and parliamentary proceedings. Helpful introductions put each of the sources in context and make this an accessible student text.
Synopsis
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
Synopsis
Standing as the only book of this kind in its field, the second edition of a successful sourcebook now includes the latest research and provides students with an excellent overview and study of this important and complex period: the English Reformation.
Revised throughout, this book brings together a collection of sources, including narratives, reports, church documents and parliamentary proceedings. Here is presented the transformation of English religious culture from the 1530s to the 1660s, when the Roman Catholic church was shattered and the Protestant Church of England established.
New introductions to each section have been added, and using it along side text books, students of early modern English history and religious studies will find this an invaluable source book and a vital addition to their course studies.