The Later Reformation in England, 1547-1603, Second Edition

by MacCulloch, Diarmaid

• ISBN13: 9780333921395
• ISBN10: 0333921399
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-10
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

The English Reformation was the event that chiefly shaped English identity well into the 20th century. It made the English kingdom a self-consciously Protestant state dominating the British Isles, and boasting an established Church that eventually developed a peculiar religious agenda, Anglicanism. Although Henry VIII triggered a break with the Pope in his eccentric quest to rid himself of an inconveniently loyal wife, the Reformation soon slipped from his control, and in the reigns of his Tudor successors, it developed a momentum that made it one of the success stories of European Protestantism. In this book, MacCulloch discusses the developing Reformation in England through the later Tudor reigns: Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He provides a narrative of events, then discusses the ideas that shaped the English Reformation, and surveys the ways in which the English reacted to it, how far and quickly they accepted It, and assesses those who remained dissenters. This new edition is fully updated to take account of new material in the field that has appeared in the last decade.

Author Biography

Diarmaid MacCulloch is Professor of the History of the Church and Fellow of St. Cross College, University of Oxford.

Table of Contents

Preface to the First Edition	ix
Preface to the Second Edition	x
Setting the Scene	1	(10)
I. THE WILL OF THE PRINCE
Protestant and Catholic Failure 1547-1558	11	(13)
The Edwardian experiment	11	(6)
The struggle for Catholicism	17	(7)
1559-1577: The Cuckoo in the Nest	24	(14)
Constructing a Settlement	24	(6)
Protestant successes and failures 1560-1577	30	(8)
Polity and Policy 1577-1603	38	(17)
Contention in the 1580s	38	(9)
The Puritan debacle 1588-1603	47	(8)
II. BUILDING A REFORMED CHURCH
Theology: Creating a New Orthodoxy	55	(14)
The roots of English Protestantism	55	(5)
English Calvinism and the Reformed tradition: limitations and successes	60	(5)
Areas of agreement	65	(4)
Theology: The Consensus Challenged	69	(18)
Puritanism in doctrine	69	(9)
An alternative theology: cathedrals, ceremonial and Arminians	78	(9)
Reforming a Ministry	87	(18)
Leadership and discipline	88	(7)
Creating a preaching ministry	95	(10)
III. VOLUNTARY RELIGION
The Reception of the Reformation	105	(15)
Consent for change?	105	(8)
Accepting a new order	113	(7)
Principled Dissent	120	(15)
Roman Catholicism	120	(7)
The Protestant dissenters	127	(8)
Conclusion: A World Beyond?	135	(8)
Notes and References	143	(13)
Select Bibliography	156	(6)
Index	162