Renovating the sacred : faith communities and the re-formation of the English parish church / by Irena Tina Marie Larking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larking, Irena Tina Marie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reformation--England.

Reformation.

England.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

The English Reformation was no bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky. Nor was it an event that was inevitable, smooth, or predictable. Rather, it was a process that had its turbulent beginnings in the late medieval period and extended through until the Restoration. This book places the emphasis not just on law makers or the major players, but also, and more importantly, on those individuals and parish communities that lived through the twists and turns of reform. It explores the unpredictable process of the English Reformation through the fabric, rituals and spaces of the parish church in the Diocese of Norwich c. 1450-1662, as recorded, through the churchwardens' accounts and the material remains of the late medieval and early modern periods. It is through the uses and abuses of the objects, rituals, spaces of the parish church that the English Reformation became a reality in the lives of these faith communities that experienced it. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Silver, Timber and Linen: Constructing a Material Cultural History of the English Reformation 1

1.1 A New Foundation Stone? 3

1.2 Surveying the English Reformation with Old and New Tools 5

Chapter 2 Ornaments of Piety: Furnishing the Late Medieval Parish Church 13

2.1 Building One's Faith: the Sacrament of the Mass, Purgatory and Images 15

2.2 Staging One's Faith: Physical Attributes of the Late Medieval Parish Church 21

2.3 Corporate and Individual Expressions of Faith: Fundraising and Wills 33

2.4 Challenges to External Piety 40

2.5 Conclusion-Faith and Things 45

Chapter 3 Let the Purge Begin: Destruction and Re-formation in Tudor England 46

3.1 Reforming the Sacred 48

3.1.1 And the Word was Made Audible 48

3.1.2 From Stone Altars to Wooden Tables 55

3.1.3 And the Images Came Tumbling Down 62

3.2 Out with the New and In with the Old 68

3.3 Conclusion-to Re-form or Not to Re-form? 74

Chapter 4 Salvation by the Word: The Re-formation of the Parish Church in Elizabethan England 76

4.1 Re-ordering the English Parish Church 79

4.1.1 The Chancel and Holy Communion 80

4.1.2 The Nave and Preaching 91

4.1.3 Right Words and Wrong Images 99

4.2 Conclusion-a Protestant space for Protestant Worship 110

Chapter 5 Staging Protestantism: Contesting Re-formed Rituals in Pre-Civil War England 112

5.1 The Performance of Obedience: Adiaphora and Bishop William Redman's Visitation of 1597 115

5.2 The Chancel and the Performance of Piety 119

5.2.1 Keenling for Holy Communion 120

5.2.2 Clerics and the Surplice 122

5.3 The Nave and the Performance of Belonging 126

5.3.1 Baptism 126

5.3.2 The Churching of Women 131

5.4 Rituals Beyond the Church Walls 134

5.4.1 The Performance of Rogationtide 135

5.4.2 Attending Church Services 140

5.5 Music and Worship 148

5.5.1 Psalm Singing in the Parish Church 149

5.5.2 Bells and the Call to Worship and Thanksgiving 153

5.6 Conclusion-Contested Gestures in Contesting Communities 159

Chapter 6 Purged Again: Destruction and Re-formation in Mid-seventeenth Century England 161

6.1 Holy Objects and Holy Gestures: the "Beauty of Holiness" and the Parish Church 164

6.2 Cleansing the Sacred: Iconoclasm II 186

6.3 The Directory of Public Worship and the Parish Church 202

6.4 A Church Fully Restored? The 1662 Book of Common Prayer 208

6.5 Conclusion-A Church Fully Purged? 210

Chapter 7 Parish Churches Tell Timely Tales 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781443851961

1443851965

OCLC:

972395822

Publisher Number:

99971772934