The English Reformation and the Laity Gloucestershire, 1540}}}1580 [Hardcover]

The story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes.This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. It discusses official policy and policy-makers, as well as local bishops and priests; but the emphasis is on the laity in all its diversity, not just catholic or protestant. The book shows that while some individuals and parishes may have welcomed the new religion, people generally resisted change and then gradually created their own idiosyncratic sets of beliefs and practices.This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. It discusses official policy and policy-makers, as well as local bishops and priests; but the emphasis is on the laity in all its diversity, not just catholic or protestant. The book shows that while some individuals and parishes may have welcomed the new religion, people generally resisted change and then gradually created their own idiosyncratic sets of beliefs and practices.This book tells the story of the English Reformation from the viewpoint of ordinary people and their parishes. It discusses official policy and policymakers, as well as local bishops and priests, but the emphasis is on the laity in all its diversity, not just Catholic or Protestant. The book shows that while some individuals and parishes may have welcomed the new religion, people generally resisted change and then gradually created their own idiosyncratic sets of beliefs and practices.Introduction; 1. Setting the scene; 2. Gloucestershire in the 1530s; 3. The new diocese of Gloucester (154046); 4. The advent of Edwardian protestantism (154753); 5. A return to the old religion (155358); 6. The early years of Elizabeth's reign (155969); 7. The clarification of the religious settlement (157080); 8. Conclusion; Appendices. ...this book is well written and scholarly and goes some way toward illuminating the Tudl“(