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William Cecil and Episcopacy, 1559-1577 (Hardcover, New edition)
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William Cecil and Episcopacy, 1559-1577 (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: St Andrews Studies in Reformation History
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The figure of William Cecil dominates the court of Elizabeth I, and
next to the queen herself, no one did more to shape the political,
religious and economic landscape of late sixteenth century England.
Nowhere is this influence more evident than in the ecclesiastical
settlements that Elizabeth imposed on a country wracked by
religious divisions and uncertainty. At the very heart of this
settlement lay the question of the role of the bishops, and it is
to this problem that Cecil was to devote much time and energy.
Broadening our understanding of the Elizabethan Church, this study
utilises a number of hitherto underused primary sources to
re-examine the vexed issue of the role of bishops. It addresses the
question of why certain men were appointed bishops whilst others,
often seemingly better qualified, were passed over. Taking a
broadly chronological approach, this book argues that Cecil, a
committed protestant, hoped to remodel espiscopacy along 'reformed'
continental lines. Rather than great princes of the church, Cecil
envisaged 'superintendents' shorn of much of their traditional
temporal power and wealth. Charting the first two decades of
Elizabeth's reign it is shown how Cecil tried to convince the queen
to abandon the established economic foundations of 'prelacy' in
favour of a properly funded superintendency. In this he failed. Yet
as long as Cecil remained a dominating voice at the council table
the Church of England, through the mediation of a bench of
conscientious and hard-working (if often hard-pressed) bishops, was
assured of a broad base and an evangelical future. The remainder of
Cecil's career, from 1577 to 1598, will be dealt with in a
subsequent volume Lord Burghley and Episcopacy.
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