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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819924103321

Autore

Fincham Kenneth

Titolo

Altars restored : the changing face of English religious worship, 1547-c.1700 / / Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-151871-9

9786611145231

1-281-14523-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (429 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TyackeNicholas

Disciplina

247/.1

Soggetti

Worship - History - 16th century

Worship - History - 17th century

Altars - England - History - 16th century

Altars - England - History - 17th century

England Church history 16th century

England Church history 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Plates; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations and Symbols; Introduction; 1. 'The Stripping of the Altars', 1547-1560; 2. The Edwardian Legacy, 1560-1604; 3. Avant-garde Conformity and the English Church, c.1590-1625; 4. Propaganda Wars, 1624-1640; 5. The Turning of the Tables, 1625-1640; 6. The Beauty of Holiness, 1625-1640; 7. Repression and Revival, 1640-1660; 8. Altars Restored, 1660-c.1700; Conclusion; Manuscript Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Altars are powerful symbols, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Altars Restored examines a time when religious lives were fundamentally challenged. By looking at what happened physically in local churches, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this period of religious change. - ;Altars are powerful symbols, fraught with meaning, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Attacked by reformers in the mid-sixteenth century because of their



allegedly idolatrous associations with the Catholic sacrifice