Altars restored : the changing face of English religious worship, 1547-c.1700

Altars restored : the changing face of English religious worship, 1547-c.1700 / Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke.

By looking at what happened physically in the local churches, in contrast to the formal enactments of government, and using sources such as churchwardens' accounts and surviving religious artefacts, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this crucial period of religio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fincham, Kenneth
Other Authors: Tyacke, Nicholas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:
1500-1699
Worship > History > 16th century.
Worship > History > 17th century.
Altars > England > History > 16th century.
Altars > England > History > 17th century.
RELIGION > Christian Church > Administration.
Altars
Worship
England > Church history > 16th century.
England > Church history > 17th century.
England
Electronic books.
Church history
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 'The stripping of the altars', 1547-1560
  • The Edwardian legacy, 1560-1604
  • Avant-garde conformity and the English Church, c.1590-1625
  • Propaganda wars, 1624-1640
  • The turning of the tables, 1625-1640
  • The beauty of holiness, 1625-1640
  • Repression and revival, 1640-1660
  • Altars restored, 1660-c.1700.

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