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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Main Author:	Guyer, Benjamin ca. 20./21. Jh (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Oxford University Press 2022
Series:	Oxford Academic
Subjects:	Geschichte 1400-1700 Church of England Reformation / England Politics and government Reformation / England / Sources English literature / Early modern England / Church history / 16th century English literature / Early modern, 1500-1700 / History and criticism Geschichtsschreibung Geschichtspolitik Reformation England Electronic books
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Summary:	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
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index List of Figure and Table -- Gratis -- Introduction -- 1. In Head and in Members: Discourses of Reformation, c. 1414-1563 -- 2. Dangerous Positions: Debating Reformation, 1553-1603 -- 3. That Damned Dialogue: The Reformations of Jacobean Britain, 1603-25 -- 4. This Present Reformation in England: From Civil Wars to Apologetic Consensus, 1625-60 -- 5. Reformed Catholics, True Protestants: Tudor Religious History in Restoration England, 1660-85 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (240 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:	9780191956478
DOI:	10.1093/oso/9780192865724.001.0001