Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603 / Edition 2

by Diarmaid MacCulloch

Overview

The English Reformation was the event that chiefly shaped English identity well into the 20th century. It made the English kingdom a self-consciously Protestant state dominating the British Isles, and boasting an established Church that eventually developed a peculiar religious agenda, Anglicanism. Although Henry VIII triggered a break with the Pope in his eccentric quest to rid himself of an inconveniently loyal wife, the Reformation soon slipped from his control, and in the reigns of his Tudor successors, it developed a momentum that made it one of the success stories of European Protestantism. In this book, MacCulloch discusses the developing Reformation in England through the later Tudor reigns: Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He provides a narrative of events, then discusses the ideas that shaped the English Reformation, and surveys the ways in which the English reacted to it, how far and quickly they accepted It, and assesses those who remained dissenters. This new edition is fully updated to take account of new material in the field that has appeared in the last decade.

Author Biography: Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St. Cross College, University of Oxford.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	2900333921394
Publication date:	12/20/2000
Pages:	173
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

DIARMAID MACCULLOCH is a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. He has published widely in Tudor and Reformation history. His book Thomas Cranmer: A Life (1996) won the Whitbread Biography Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize.
DIARMAID MACCULLOCH is a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford and Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University. He has published widely in Tudor and Reformation history. His book Thomas Cranmer: A Life (1996) won the Whitbread Biography Prize, the James Tait Black Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the First Edition	ix
	Preface to the Second Edition	x
1	Setting the Scene	1
I.	The Will of the Prince
2	Protestant and Catholic Failure 1547-1558	11
	The Edwardian experiment	11
	The struggle for Catholicism	17
3	1559-1577: The Cuckoo in the Nest	24
	Constructing a Settlement	24
	Protestant successes and failures 1560-1577	30
4	Polity and Policy 1577-1603	38
	Contention in the 1580s	38
	The Puritan debacle 1588-1603	47
II.	Building a Reformed Church
5	Theology: Creating a New Orthodoxy	55
	The roots of English Protestantism	55
	English Calvinism and the Reformed tradition: limitations and successes	60
	Areas of agreement	65
6	Theology: The Consensus Challenged	69
	Puritanism in doctrine	69
	An alternative theology: cathedrals, ceremonial and Arminians	78
7	Reforming a Ministry	87
	Leadership and discipline	88
	Creating a preaching ministry	95
III.	Voluntary Religion
8	The Reception of the Reformation	105
	Consent for change?	105
	Accepting a new order	113
9	Principled Dissent	120
	Roman Catholicism	120
	The Protestant dissenters	127
10	Conclusion: A World Beyond?	135
	Notes and References	143
	Select Bibliography	156
	Index	162

Editorial Reviews

This book describes how the English reformation created a Protestant state, an established church, and a peculiar religious agenda. Updated in light of recent scholarship, this edition provides a narrative of events in the later English Reformation, with personal glimpses of the monarchs, clerics, politicians, and zealots who helped or hindered the work of reform. It then discusses the ideas which shaped this religious revolution, and argues that Anglicanism and the Church of England were unlikely outcomes for a Protestant movement with international aims. Finally, the book surveys the problems which Reformers faced in making people accept the Reformation. MacCulloch teaches church history at Oxford University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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