Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-206) and index.
Contents
1. Tradition and change: the old religion and the new. -- 2. The established church. -- 3. Religious culture and religous contest in Elizabethan England. -- 4. The Jacobean Church. -- 5. Ceremonialism and its discontents. -- 6. Religious revolution.
Summary
Religion and Society in Early Modern England examines the interplay between religion, politics, society and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods. Alongside the official theology, politics and worship of the Reformation, the essays present the experiences of ordinary men and women through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox religious writing, institutional church documents and parliamentary proceedings.