- Paperback: 264 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (May 18 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0631214674
- ISBN-13: 978-0631214670
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 581 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,112,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Scholarly, lucid, illuminating, objective and extremely readable . . . an outstanding contribution." (Church Times)
"Good historical writing is a rare commodity, and it is a pleasure to meet it in Claire Cross's new book." (The Tablet)
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This book provides readers with an account of the rivalry between the two kingdoms of Church and State between the years 1450 and 1660.
England inherited, from medieval times, two systems of authority: the Church, governed by Pope and Bishops; and the State, ruled by Monarch and Lords. However, from the late fourteenth century onwards, this division was increasingly challenged by the laity's insistence on their right to choose not only between different systems of Church government but also between different forms of religious belief. The author charts the rivalry between clergy and laity's and shows how political and social developments between 1450 and 1660 were decisively influenced by this conflict. This second edition includes updates throughout the text in the light of recent scholarship and a new bibliography.
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'We pray God of his endless goodness reform our Church, all out of joint, to the perfecting of the first beginning.' Read the first page
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a bit dry, May 1 2000
By Schwanda - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Church and People: England 1450-1660 (Paperback)
Claire Cross is obviously an intelligent woman. She uses words and phrases appropriate to the content, but that is obviously geared towards the professional or academic reader. I first tried reading this book a year ago when my understanding of the content was naught. Frusturated, I left the book on the shelves until recently, when I revisited it and understood it for what it is worth. Armchair Historians would benefit in passing this book by. Cross does an excellent job of explaining how the common people of England began to change theit spiritual thinking from that of the dictated Catholic Church to the free and open Prodestant Church. She focuses on aspects such as litarcy, the printing press, faith of the monarchs and general public opinion. From Luther to Lollards and beyond, this book does a fair job of explaining the phenomonon that is the Reformation.
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