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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"English Reformation"”.
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He descended into hell: an English Reformation controversy
During the Reformation of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, almost all of the reformers appealed in some way to the writings of the early fathers in their polemical debates against the Roman church. But the English church made the claim that their purpose was only to teach that which was …
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Making Love in the English Reformation: Carving Images in the Temple of Our Harts
"This project establishes that English poets replayed the Reformation conflict over ""true religion"" on a battlefield of Petrarchan lyric. Conventional, theology-based methodologies insufficiently account for the ongoing appeal of Catholicism and the ubiquity of representations of ritual practice …
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Managing change in the English Reformation: the 1548 dissolution of the chantries and clergy of the Midland county surveys
The English Reformation was undeniably a period of change; this thesis seeks to consider how that change was managed by those who were responsible for its realisation and by individuals it affected directly, principally during the reign of Edward VI. It also considers how the methodology adopted …
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“I wyl poure out the wordes of sorrowe”: politics in the Protestant and Catholic settings of Psalms 51 and 79 during the English Reformation
… things, the religious movement known as the Reformation. Protestant and Catholic factions relied upon biblical texts, sermons, tracts and other circulating works to spread their propaganda, with musical settings of the Psalms also finding a part in this dissemination. Beginning in the reign …
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Dialogues of persuasion: the Reformation dialogues printed on the Continent during the reign of Henry VIII
This thesis examines how English Reformation-dialogues printed on the Continent during the reign of Henry VIII used the persuasive techniques of the dialogue-form to act as advocates for Reform. All English Reformation-dialogues printed on the continent during the reign of Henry VIII employ the …
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The Life and Writings of Thomas Becon, 1512-1567
… member of the ‘middle management’ of the English Reformation, his life and writings offer a unique and valuable perspective on the propagation, enforcement and reception of religious change in sixteenth-century England. This dissertation not only reconstructs and reconsiders his biography …
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The religion of the people in Winchester and Southampton, c.1558-c.1603
The impact of the English Reformation has caused huge debate amongst historians. Some argue it was fast, and welcomed by people disillusioned with the Catholic Church. Others stressed it was unwelcome, and the people were only slowly converted after substantial enforcement. For some historians, the …
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Childbirth Beliefs and Practices in England, c. 1400-1580
… domestic and church space, and the impact of the English Reformation on these beliefs and practices. While most relevant scholarship has focused on obstetrical manuscripts, wider discussions of childbirth practices have emphasised their exclusivity and separation from broader aspects of late …
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Civic historical imagery and the construction of identity in York, c.1486-c.1603
The author examines the effect that the English Reformation had on the civic historical imagery of York. This imagery was the outward physical manifestation of collective memory. The changes which the Reformation affected to civic drama, processions, regalia and record-keeping, to name but a few, …
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Crowned with Immortal Glory: Eschatalogical Hope in the Spirituality of William Perkins
… reformers and theologians of the English Reformation, William Perkins (1558-1602), it becomes evident that embedded within the Reformed Scholastic tradition lays a robust development and understanding of the doctrine of glorification. Perkins formulated and wrote a great deal on …
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Renouncing sex and the self: asceticism in early modern England
… be a cultural history of asceticism after the English Reformation? Asceticism is one attitude towards the relationship between body and soul. But that relationship conjures, and was read in the early modern period as implicating, other binaries: word and meaning; letter and spirit; form and …
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Margaret Roper and Mary Basset: The Influence of Christian Humanism on the Education of Thomas More's Daughter and Granddaughter
… the standards of early sixteenth century English humanist views on education, while her daughter Mary Basset's education was a continuation of the pedagogical tradition that Margaret had been raised in. Through their education, both women found themselves in positions that challenged …
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Parental concern and the baptism of children : representations of children from the late Medieval era to 1640.
… this dissertation explores the effect that the English Reformation had upon the religious perception of children. A survey of medieval English religious literature reveals that a tension existed between the theology of Original Sin, baptism, and salvation, and parental concerns for the spiritual …
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The Afterlives of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536-c. 1700
… the most critical transformations wrought by the English Reformation. It was also perhaps the most visible manifestation of the idea that Henry VIII’s break with Rome was also a break with the medieval past. Yet despite this, historians have paid little attention to how the dissolution was …
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Heresy and Popular Protestantism in England, 1527-1553
… little attention to the popular aspects of the English Reformation, despite an increasing appreciation of the role and importance of sectarian religious groups in sixteenth century life. Much work has been done on the nature and scope of non-maglsterlal Protestantism on the continent, the …
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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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Rhetoric Realigned: The Development of Poetic Theory in English and Scottish Writing c.1470-1530
… examines the evolution of poetic theory in English and Scottish writing between c.1470 and 1530. By examining important but neglected works by Stephen Hawes, Gavin Douglas, and Alexander Barclay, as well as influential poetry by Robert Henryson and John Skelton, it demonstrates that the …
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