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Catholic Renewal and Protestant Resistance in Marian England (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Catholic Renewal and Protestant Resistance in Marian England (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
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Mary Tudor's reign is regarded as a period where, within a short
space of time, an early modern European state attempted to reverse
the religious policy of preceding governments. This required the
use of persuasion and coercion, of propaganda and censorship, as
well as the controversial decision to revive an old statute against
heresy. The efforts to renew Catholic worship and to revive
Catholic education and spirituality were fiercely opposed by a
small but determined group of Protestants, who sought ways of
thwarting the return of Catholicism. The battle between those
seeking to renew Catholicism and those determined to resist it
raged for the full five years of Mary's reign. This volume brings
together eleven authors from different disciplines (English
Literature, History, Divinity, and the History of the Book), who
explore the different policies undertaken to ensure that
Catholicism could flourish once more in England. The safety of the
clergy and of the public at the Mass was of paramount importance,
since sporadic unrest took place early on. Steps were taken to
ensure that reformist worship was stopped and that the country
re-embraced Catholic practices. This involved a number of short-
and long-term plans to be enacted by the regime. These included
purging the universities of reformist ideas and ensuring the
(re)education of both the laity and the clergy. On a wider scale
this was undertaken via the pulpit and the printing press. Those
who opposed the return to Catholicism did so by various means. Some
retreated into exile, while others chose the press to voice their
objections, as this volume details. The regime's responses to the
actions of individuals and to the clandestine texts produced by
their opposition come under scrutiny throughout this volume. The
work presented here also offers new insight into the role of King
Philip and his Spanish advisers. These essays therefore present a
detailed assessment of the role of the Spanish who came with to
England as a result of the marriage of Philip and Mary. They also
move away from the ongoing discussions of 'persecution' seeking,
rather, to present a more nuanced understanding of the regime's
attempts to renew and revive a nation of worshippers, and to
eradicate the disease of heresy. They also look at the ways those
attempts were opposed by individuals at home and abroad, thereby
providing a broad-ranging but detailed assessment of both Catholic
renewal and Protestant resistance during the years 1553-1558.
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