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Reforming the Scottish Parish - The Reformation in Fife, 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Reforming the Scottish Parish - The Reformation in Fife, 1560-1640 (Hardcover, New Ed)
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The Protestant Reformation of 1560 is widely acknowledged as being
a watershed moment in Scottish history. However, whilst the
antecedents of the reform movement have been widely explored, the
actual process of establishing a reformed church in the parishes in
the decades following 1560 has been largely ignored. This book
helps remedy the situation by examining the foundation of the
reformed church and the impact of Protestant discipline in the
parishes of Fife. In early modern Scotland, Fife was both a
distinct and important region, containing a preponderance of
coastal burghs as well as St Andrews, the ecclesiastical capital of
medieval Scotland. It also contained many rural and inland
parishes, making it an ideal case study for analysing the course of
religious reform in diverse communities. Nevertheless, the focus is
on the Reformation, rather than on the county, and the book
consistently places Fife's experience in the wider Scottish,
British and European context. Based on a wide range of
under-utilised sources, especially kirk session minutes, the
study's focus is on the grass-roots religious life of the parish,
rather than the more familiar themes of church politics and
theology. It evaluates the success of the reformers in affecting
both institutional and ideological change, and provides a detailed
account of the workings of the reformed church, and its impact on
ordinary people. In so doing it addresses important questions
regarding the timescale and geographical patterns of reform, and
how such dramatic religious change succeeded and endured without
violence, or indeed, widespread opposition.
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