Reformed identity and conformity in England, 1559–1714 (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Mode Britain)

by: Jake Griesel (Editor),Esther Counsell (Editor)

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Publication Date: 2024/4/16

Language: English

Print Length: 296 pages

ISBN-10: 1526167972

ISBN-13: 9781526167972

Book Description

This volume is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on how Reformed theology and ecclesiology related to one of the most consequential issues between the Elizabethan Settlement (1559) and the Hanoverian Succession (1714), namely conformity to the Church of England. This volume enriches scholarly understandings of how Reformed identity was understood in the Tudor and Stuart periods, and how it influenced both clerical and lay attitudes towards the English Church’s govement, liturgy and doctrine. In a reflection of how established religion pervaded all aspects of civic life in the early mode world and was sharply contested within both ecclesiastical and political spheres, this volume includes chapters that focus variously on the ecclesio-political, liturgical, and doctrinal aspects of conformity.

About the Author

This volume is the first collection of essays to focus specifically on how Reformed theology and ecclesiology related to one of the most consequential issues between the Elizabethan Settlement (1559) and the Hanoverian Succession (1714), namely conformity to the Church of England. This volume enriches scholarly understandings of how Reformed identity was understood in the Tudor and Stuart periods, and how it influenced both clerical and lay attitudes towards the English Church’s govement, liturgy and doctrine. In a reflection of how established religion pervaded all aspects of civic life in the early mode world and was sharply contested within both ecclesiastical and political spheres, this volume includes chapters that focus variously on the ecclesio-political, liturgical, and doctrinal aspects of conformity.