Altars restored : the changing face of English religious worship, 1547-c.1700 / Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fincham, Kenneth.

Contributor:

Tyacke, Nicholas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Worship--History--16th century.

Worship.

Worship--History--17th century.

Altars--England--History--16th century.

Altars.

Altars--England--History--17th century.

England--Church history--16th century.

England.

England--Church history--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (429 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Altars are powerful symbols, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Altars Restored examines a time when religious lives were fundamentally challenged. By looking at what happened physically in local churches, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this period of religious change. - ;Altars are powerful symbols, fraught with meaning, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Attacked by reformers in the mid-sixteenth century because of their allegedly idolatrous associations with the Catholic sacrifice

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Introduction; 1. 'The Stripping of the Altars', 1547-1560; 2. The Edwardian Legacy, 1560-1604; 3. Avant-garde Conformity and the English Church, c.1590-1625; 4. Propaganda Wars, 1624-1640; 5. The Turning of the Tables, 1625-1640; 6. The Beauty of Holiness, 1625-1640; 7. Repression and Revival, 1640-1660; 8. Altars Restored, 1660-c.1700; Conclusion; Manuscript Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-151871-9

9786611145231

1-281-14523-8

OCLC:

437092144