The Blind Devotion of the People : Popular Religion and the English Reformation Paperback / softback
by Robert Whiting
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History series
Paperback / softback
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:316 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/10/1991
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- ISBN:9780521424394
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:316 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:17/10/1991
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- ISBN:9780521424394
