Victorian Protestantism and Bloody Mary
the legacy of religious persecution in Tudor England
Nonfiction, History, British
| Author: | Peter Wickins | ISBN: | 9781909421073 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books | Publication: | September 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Wickins |
| ISBN: | 9781909421073 |
| Publisher: | Arena Books |
| Publication: | September 30, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Arena Books |
| Language: | English |
This is an important and intereseting book on aspects of our religious heritage which until now have escaped the investigation of scholars. History is all too often employed as a weapon for smiting the "infidel." By the beginning of the Victorian era after the somnolence of the 18th century, religious enthusiasm among both clergy and laity in the established Church arrived. This brought about such acrimonious differences it was a wonder they could be accommodated in the same Church.
The assumption of the 19th century Protestants was that the English people rose as one to reject popery, but it is impossible to accurately assess the support for state-imposed religious change. Surviving evidence, as the preamble to wills, seems to suggest that people for the most part simply acquiesced in what the government of the day decided was the 'true' religion.
This is an important and intereseting book on aspects of our religious heritage which until now have escaped the investigation of scholars. History is all too often employed as a weapon for smiting the "infidel." By the beginning of the Victorian era after the somnolence of the 18th century, religious enthusiasm among both clergy and laity in the established Church arrived. This brought about such acrimonious differences it was a wonder they could be accommodated in the same Church.
The assumption of the 19th century Protestants was that the English people rose as one to reject popery, but it is impossible to accurately assess the support for state-imposed religious change. Surviving evidence, as the preamble to wills, seems to suggest that people for the most part simply acquiesced in what the government of the day decided was the 'true' religion.
