The English Reformation and the Laity: Gloucestershire, 1540-1580

by Caroline Litzenberger

Book Overview

This book examines the effects of the English Reformation on the full spectrum of lay religion from 1540 to 1580 through an investigation of individuals and parishes in Gloucestershire. Rather than focusing on either the acceptance of Protestantism or the demise of the traditional Catholic religion, as other historians have done, it considers all shades of belief against the backdrop of shifting official religious policy. The result is the story of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521520215
• ISBN13: 9780521520218
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"