The Church of Mary Tudor

by Eamon Duffy, David Loades

Overview

This volume attempts to reconstruct the theology, pastoral practice and ecclesiastical administration of Mary's Church in England, focusing on the Catholic renaissance which she ushered in. By addressing a number of intriguing and unanswered questions this volume casts new light, not only on Marian Catholicism, but also on the wider European religious picture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409479536
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	06/28/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Eamon Duffy is President of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Professor of the History of the Christian Religion at the University of Cambridge. David Loades is Emeritus Professor of the University of Wales, Honorary Research Professor at the University of Sheffield and Director of the British Academy John Foxe Project.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction: The personal religion of Mary I, David Loades. Part I The Process: The Marian episcopate, David Loades; The English universities, 1553–58, Claire Cross; Westminster Abbey restored, C.S. Knighton; The clergy, the church courts and the Marian restoration in Norwich, Ralph Houlbrooke. Part II Cardinal Pole: The success of Cardinal Pole's final legation, Thomas F. Mayer; Cardinal Pole preaching: St Andrew's Day 1557, Eamon Duffy; Spanish religious influence in Marian England, John Edwards. Part III The Culture: The Marian restoration and the mass, Lucy Wooding; The theology and spirituality of a Marian bishop: the pastoral and polemical sermons of Thomas Watson, William Wizeman, SJ; Marking the days: Henry Machyn's manuscript and the mid-Tudor era, Gary G. Gibbs; The persecution in Kent, Patrick Collinson. Index.

Editorial Reviews

'... a ground-breaking book...' The Catholic Times 'This handsome volume is fluent and engaging church history at its best, at once meticulously researched and persuasive in its presentation of the bigger picture... The Church of Mary Tudor is a thorough, convincing and always well-written account...' New Directions '... this volume goes far in offering readers a new and convincing reappraisal of Mary Tudor's regime.' Renaissance Quarterly 'Overall, the editors are to be commended for providing a thorough investigation into the motives and methods behind Mary's Catholic restoration.' Catholic Herald ’In short [...] this volume raised, in the mind of this reviewer at least, a number of essential and genuinely new and interesting questions about not just the Marian Church but the whole Marian State, and also about how much mileage there remains in the revisionist approach to the Marian experiment.' Church History ’An introductory essay on Mary's personal religion by David Loades is one of the book's highlights and could easily be assigned even to undergraduates... There is much worth reading here, and some very important new interpretations to be embraced.’ Journal of British Studies ’... a collection of essays from among the best from the field of English Catholic history, is comprehensive, so much so that it reads almost like a monograph.’ Anglican and Episcopal History ’This is rich fare that offers fascinating insights into the teachings, structures, and practices of Mary’s Church, and raises important questions about continuity and discontinuity, both within England and across the Continent.’ Ecclesiology ’The contributors to this volume succeed admirably in providing a more balanced evaluation of Marian Catholicism. ...this collection’s depth and range provides a valuable reassessment of Mary’s religious policies and the vibrancy of Catholicism during her reign.’ H-Albion

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