Overview
Princes, Pastors and People traces the many changes in religious life that took place in the turbulent years of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The book explains the major historical controversies surrounding the period: the English Reformation the popularity of the Elizabethan Protestant Church the impact of the Laudian innovations of the 1630s the Puritan attempt to control popular culture and belief Princes, Pastors and People also charts the long-term developments across the period in all the key areas including doctrinal and liturgical change, the role of the clergy and the importance of religion in the everyday lives of people. This second edition brings the survey up to date to include the historiographical developments of the last decade and for the first time examines the early years of the sixteenth century and the religious developments from 1500 to 1529.
Full Product Details
Author: Susan Doran (Jesus College, University of Oxford, UK) ,
Christopher Durston (Plymouth University, UK)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.10cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.440kg
ISBN: 9780415205788
ISBN 10: 0415205786
Pages: 234
Publication Date: 12 December 2002
Audience:
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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College/higher education
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Educational: Primary & Secondary
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Lively and stimulating.' - Henry Cohn, University of Warwick - 'Makes a difficult, multi-layered topic accessible.' - Paul Griffiths, University of Leicester - 'A 'user-friendly' pathway through a complex topic.' - M.R. Squire, Market Weighton School -
'This is a book which must be welcomed...it takes into account the remarkable amount of work published in the last twenty years, has a helpful glossary and list of dates.' - Scottish Association of Teachers of History Resources Review 'Aimed chiefly at sixth-formers and undergraduates which offers a straightforward and accessible account of recent writings on the reformation and its origins.' - Times Higher Education Supplement
Author Information
Susan Doran, formerly Reader in History at St Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill is now teaching at Christ Church, Oxford. Her books include Monarchy and Matrimony: The Courtships of Elizabeth I (1996), Elizabeth I and Religion (1993) and Elizabeth I and Foreign Policy (2000). Christopher Durston is Professor of History and Director for the Centre for Religious History at St Mary’s College, Strawberry Hill. His publications include James I (1993), Charles I (1998) and Cromwell’s Major□Generals: Godly Government during the English Revolution (2001).
