How the English Reformation was named: the politics of history, c. 1400-1700

How the English Reformation was Named analyzes the shifting semantics of "reformation" in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally denoting the intended aim of church councils, "reformation" was subsequently redefined to denote violent revolt, and ultim...

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1. Verfasser: Guyer, Benjamin ca. 20./21. Jh (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:How the English Reformation was Named analyzes the shifting semantics of "reformation" in England between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally denoting the intended aim of church councils, "reformation" was subsequently redefined to denote violent revolt, and ultimately a series of past episodes in religious history. But despite referring to sixteenth-century religious change, the proper noun "English Reformation" entered the historical lexicon only during the British civil wars of the 1640s. Anglican apologists coined this term to defend the Church of England against proponents of the Scottish Reformation, an event that contemporaries singled out for its violence and illegality. Using their neologism to denote select events from the mid-Tudor era, Anglicans crafted a historical narrative that enabled them to present a pristine vision of the English past, one that they endeavored to preserve amidst civil war, regicide, and political oppression. With the restoration of the monarchy and the Church of England in 1660, apologetic narrative became historiographical habit and, eventually, historical certainty
Beschreibung:220 Seiten Diagramm 24 cm
ISBN:9780192865724

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