Recent debate over the English Reformation has turned around how
Catholic the nation was before the Reformation. Most scholars now
believe that there was little popular support for the change in
religion imposed by Henry VIII. And yet, by the end of Elizabeth's
reign England was clearly Protestant. It had abandoned much of its
late Medieval culture and replaced it with a new formulation. The
book explores how the English, over three generations, adapted to
the religious changes and, in the process, radically reconstructed
their culture.
Using personal histories, the author explores how individuals
and the institutions in which they lived and worked, such as
families, universities, towns, guilds, and Inns of Court,
refashioned themselves in the face of the rapid social,
ideological, political and economic changes brought about by the
Reformation. Tracing these responses across three generations, the
author emphasizes the way generational interaction and self
interest interrelated to adapt to new circumstances, creating, by
the late sixteenth century, a multi-theological culture that
exalted nationalism and valued the individual conscience.
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