Charity and Lay Piety in Reformation London, 1500–1620
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Henry Machyn
Late Medieval
Late Medieval Wills
LAY PIETY
lay religious practices in London
mary
michael
minutes
MS 100211B
parish records analysis
Pious Bequests
Pious Convention
Poor Relief
Protestant Catholic relations
Puritan Lectureships
REFORMATION LONDON
religious reform
Rood Loft
Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle
social welfare history
St Mary Woolnoth
St Michael Cornhill
St Stephen Walbrook
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testamentary
Testamentary Bequests
testamentary charity
vestry
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Young Men
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- ISBN 9780754600985
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 23 Dec 2002
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The degree to which the English Protestant Reformation was a reflection of genuine popular piety as opposed to a political necessity imposed by the country's rulers has been a source of lively historical debate in recent years. Whilst numerous arguments and documentary sources have been marshalled to explain how this most fundamental restructuring of English society came about, most historians have tended to divide the sixteenth century into pre and post-Reformation halves, reinforcing the inclination to view the Reformation as a watershed between two intellectually and culturally opposed periods. In contrast, this study takes a longer and more integrated approach. Through the prism of charity and lay piety, as expressed in the wills and testaments taken from selected London parishes, it charts the shifting religious ideas about salvation and the nature and causes of poverty in early modern London and England across a hundred and twenty year period. Studying the evolution of lay piety through the long stretch of the period 1500 to 1620, Claire Schen unites pre-Reformation England with that which followed, helping us understand how 'Reformations' or a 'Long Reformation' happened in London. Through the close study of wills and testaments she offers a convincing cultural and social history of sixteenth century Londoners and their responses to religious innovations and changing community policy.
Claire S. Schen, SUNY at Buffalo, NY, USA
