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chaplains
cultural agency
Daniel Featley
early modern England
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interconfessional rivalry
international diplomacy
literature
patronage
pre-publication censorship
print polemic
religion
Product details
- ISBN 9780719088346
- Weight: 553g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jul 2013
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Who were early modern chaplains and what did they do? Chaplains are well known to have been pivotal figures within early modern England, their activities ranging from more conventionally religious roles (conducting church services, offering spiritual advice and instruction) to a surprisingly wide array of literary functions (writing poetry, or acting as scribes and editors). Chaplains in early modern England: Patronage, literature and religion explores the important, but often neglected, contributions made by chaplains of different kinds – royal, episcopal, noble, gentry, diplomatic – to early modern English culture. Addressing a period from the late sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries, it focuses on chaplains from the Church of England, examining their roles in church and politics, and within both domestic and cultural life. It also shows how understanding the significance of chaplains can illuminate wider cultural practices – patronage, religious life and institutions, and literary production – in the early modern period.
Hugh Adlington, Tom Lockwood and Gillian Wright are all Senior Lecturers in English Literature at the University of Birmingham
