Bibliograph

The blind devotion of the people, popular religion and the English Reformation, Robert Whiting

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The blind devotion of the people, popular religion and the English Reformation, Robert Whiting

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The blind devotion of the people

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

732957851

Responsibility statement

Robert Whiting

Series statement

Cambridge studies in early modern British historyCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

popular religion and the English Reformation

Summary

The religious revolution known as the 'Reformation' must rank among the most crucial and transforming events in English history. Yet its original reception by the English people remains largely obscure. Did they welcome the innovations - or did they resist? By what internal motivations were their responses determined? And by what external influences were their attitudes shaped? These are the key issues explored by Robert Whiting in this major investigation, based primarily on original research in the south-west. Dr Whiting's controversial conclusion is that for most of the population the Reformation was less a conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism than a transition from religious commitment to religious passivity or even indifference.--, Provided by publisher

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