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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"English Protestantism"”.
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'There was never man handled as I am' : the legacy and significance of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, 1558-1660
… the pre-eminent role of Thomas Cranmer in the English Reformation. However, his significance as an enduring religious influence in the century following his martyrdom has not received close investigation. This thesis traces the legacy and significance of Cranmer from the Elizabethan Settlement …
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Evangelical Ecclesiology and Liturgical Reform in the Edwardian Reformation, c. 1545-1555
… its significance for the wider development of English Protestantism by examining the liturgical reforms of the period. The central question that this thesis grapples with is, how did Edwardian reformers apply their theological concept of the ‘church’ as an invisible spiritual body of believers …
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Technology in Society: The Pipe Organ in Early Modern England
The rise of English Protestantism produced a curious phenomenon in early modern England: the silencing of pipe organs in cathedrals and parish churches across the land. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this ecclesiastical instrument figuratively embodied and literally gave voice to …
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‘Heathenism’ in the Protestant Atlantic World, c. 1558 - c. 1700
… the exclusionary and expansionist precepts of English Protestantism in the Atlantic world between c. 1558 and c. 1700. Building upon recent scholarly developments in the cultural history of unbelief and the global history of Protestantism, the dissertation investigates language as a fundamental …
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The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Protestant Ideology, and Musical Literacy in Elizabethan England
… first published in 1562, was not only the English Reformation’s primary hymnal, but also by far the most popular printed music book published in England in the sixteenth century. This dissertation argues that in addition to its identities as scriptural text and monophonic musical score, the …
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Restoring a Neglected Queen: Re-Examining Catherine of Braganza's Role in the Restoration Period
In her reign as Queen Consort, issues with Catherine of Braganza (1638-1705) brought up questions of power between the Church and State, helped heighten anti-Catholicism, and brought up questions of exclusion years before the infamous Exclusion Crisis began. History has traditionally remembered her …