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Autore |
Davis David J (David Jonathan) |
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Titolo |
Seeing faith, printing pictures [[electronic resource] ] : religious identity during the English Reformation / / by David J. Davis |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-18466-9 |
90-04-23602-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (259 p.) |
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Collana |
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Library of the written word, , 1874-4834 ; ; v. 25. The handpress world ; ; v. 19 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reformation and art - England |
Christian literature, English |
Illustration of books - England |
Identification (Religion) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Images and Early Modern Religious Identity -- Material Religion: The Image in Early Modern Print -- Printed Images and the Reformation in England -- Christ, the Virgin, and the Catholic Tradition of Printed Images -- Representations of Christ: Reforming the Imitatio Christi -- Seeing God: Protestant Visions of the Father -- Reforming Deity: Symbolic Pictures of God -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Scholarship on religious printed images during the English Reformation (1535-1603) has generally focused on a few illustrated works and has portrayed this period in England as a predominantly non-visual religious culture. The combination of iconoclasm and Calvinist doctrine have led to a misunderstanding as to the unique ways that English Protestants used religious printed images. Building on recent work in the history of the book and print studies, this book analyzes the widespread body of religious illustration, such as images of God the Father and Christ, in Reformation England, assessing what religious beliefs they communicated and how their use evolved during the period. The result is a unique analysis of how the Reformation in |
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