Religious Identities in Henry VIII's EnglandHenry VIII's decision to declare himself supreme head of the church in England, and thereby set himself in opposition to the authority of the papacy, had momentous consequences for the country and his subjects. At a stroke people were forced to reconsider assumptions about their identity and loyalties, in rapidly shifting political and theological circumstances. Whilst many studies have investigated Catholic and Protestant identities during the reigns of Elizabeth and Mary, much less is understood about the processes of religious identity-formation during Henry's reign. In this volume Peter Marshall explores a wide range of evidence that underlines the complex web of overlapping and competing identities that people were forced to assume as a religiously conservative king sought to take control of his national church. Investigating broad issues of conversion, polemic and propaganda, scripture, exile, forgery and miracles, ... |
Contents
Evangelical Conversion | 19 |
Fear Purgatory and Polemic | 43 |
The Shooting of Robert Packington | 61 |
The Debate Over Unwritten Verities | 81 |
The Other Black Legend | 103 |
Forgery and Miracles | 125 |
Mumpsimus and Sumpsimus | 157 |
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