Godliness and governance in Tudor Colchester / Laquita M. Higgs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Higgs, Laquita M., 1937-

Series:

Studies in medieval and early modern civilization

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Colchester (England)--Politics and government.

Colchester (England).

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Great Britain.

History.

Colchester (England)--Church history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 434 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]

Contents:

The governing structure

Governance facing outward: lords, lawyers, and influence

The institutional Church and its clergy on the eve of the Reformation

Traditional lay piety and Lollardy, a potent mixture

The Henrician Reformation, 1529-47

The reigns of Edward and Mary and the evidence of wills

Defenders of the faith, 1558-62

The Church and the laity, 1562-75

Tightening the reins of governance, 1575-80

Tightening the reins on behavior, 1575-80

Master Northey and religion in Colchester, 1580-93

At the height of godly governance

A new generation

Appendix 1. Officers of the Borough of Colchester

Appendix 2. The aldermen of Tudor Colchester

Appendix 3. Town clerks, recorders, and members of Parliament in Tudor Colchester

Appendix 4. The de Veres, the Earls of Oxford in the Tudor period

Appendix 5. Parish churches

Appendix 6. Parish priests, ministers, and curates

Appendix 7. Perpetual chantries in Colchester

Appendix 8. Survey of Colchester ministers, mid-1580s

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-422) and index.

ISBN:

0472108905

OCLC:

38390634