Popular Politics And The English Reformation (cambridge Studies In Early Modern British History)
by Ethan H. Shagan /
2002 / English / PDF
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This study of popular responses to the English Reformation analyzes
how ordinary people received, interpreted, debated, and responded
to religious change. It differs from other studies by arguing that
the subject cannot be understood simply by asking theological
questions about people's beliefs, but must be understood by asking
political questions about how they negotiated with state power.
Therefore, it concerns political as well as religious history,
since it asserts that, even at the popular level, political and
theological processes were inseparable in the sixteenth century.
This study of popular responses to the English Reformation analyzes
how ordinary people received, interpreted, debated, and responded
to religious change. It differs from other studies by arguing that
the subject cannot be understood simply by asking theological
questions about people's beliefs, but must be understood by asking
political questions about how they negotiated with state power.
Therefore, it concerns political as well as religious history,
since it asserts that, even at the popular level, political and
theological processes were inseparable in the sixteenth century.
