Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
Autor Peter Marshallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 apr 2018
Bazându-ne pe analiza premiată de Wolfson History Prize și pe documentarea vastă oferită de Yale University Press, descoperim în Heretics and Believers o reinterpretare magistrală a secolului al XVI-lea englez. Peter Marshall propune o istorie „de jos în sus”, care refuză clișeele unei societăți forțate să se schimbe, preferând în schimb să exploreze modul în care oamenii obișnuiți și elitele deopotrivă au navigat într-o epocă a incertitudinii radicale. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autorul demonstrează că, deși Henric al VIII-lea a vizat o Reformă ordonată și uniformă, acțiunile sale au declanșat o diversitate religioasă ce a devenit fundamentul vieții engleze moderne.
Textul este remarcabil prin echilibrul dintre rigoarea academică și accesibilitatea narativă, fiind prima lucrare de acest calibru adresată publicului larg din ultimele decenii. Comparabil cu Reformation England 1480-1642 în rigurozitate, dar actualizat pentru noile direcții istoriografice care pun accent pe experiența individuală și pe „sensibilitatea față de pierzători”, volumul de față depășește caracterul de manual. Față de English Reformations de Christopher Haigh, care se concentra pe demitizarea inevitabilității Protestantismului, Peter Marshall oferă o sinteză mai vastă, integrând transformarea conceptului însuși de „religie”. Apreciem structura densă, de aproape 700 de pagini, care nu se mulțumește cu cronologia politică, ci reconstruiește cultura catolică și procesul dureros al înlocuirii ei, oferind o perspectivă nuanțată asupra modului în care identitățile religioase au fost forjate în focul conflictului și al adaptării.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0300234589
Pagini: 688
Ilustrații: 32 b-w illus.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 58 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Editura: Yale University Press
Colecția Yale University Press
De ce să citești această carte
Pentru cititorul pasionat de istorie europeană și teologie, această carte oferă o perspectivă completă asupra modului în care Anglia a devenit o națiune protestantă. Veți câștiga o înțelegere profundă a Reformei nu doar ca act politic, ci ca o transformare culturală și umană. Este o resursă esențială pentru studenți și cercetători, oferind o sinteză actualizată a dezbaterilor istoriografice recente, totul într-un stil narativ captivant.
Despre autor
Peter Marshall este un istoric de prestigiu, scriitor și ministru presbiterian, recunoscut pentru capacitatea sa de a comunica teme istorice complexe unui public larg. În cadrul operei sale, Heretics and Believers reprezintă punctul culminant al cercetărilor sale despre religia în perioada modernă timpurie, continuând și extinzând temele abordate în lucrări precum The Reformation din seria Very Short Introductions. Spre deosebire de explorările sale mai largi, precum istoria anarhismului din Demanding the Impossible, aici Marshall se concentrează pe spațiul britanic, demonstrând o erudiție remarcabilă în utilizarea surselor primare pentru a recupera vocile celor uitați de istoria oficială.
Descriere scurtă
Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall’s sweeping new history—the first major overview for general readers in a generation—argues that sixteenth-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of “reform” in various competing guises. King Henry VIII wanted an orderly, uniform Reformation, but his actions opened a Pandora’s Box from which pluralism and diversity flowed and rooted themselves in English life.
With sensitivity to individual experience as well as masterfully synthesizing historical and institutional developments, Marshall frames the perceptions and actions of people great and small, from monarchs and bishops to ordinary families and ecclesiastics, against a backdrop of profound change that altered the meanings of “religion” itself. This engaging history reveals what was really at stake in the overthrow of Catholic culture and the reshaping of the English Church.
Recenzii
“A balanced and judicious account of the English Reformation.”—Arnold Hunt, Times Literary Supplement
“An eminently readable narrative that avoids flattening out irregularities in the story. . . . Marshall’s analysis, his control of documentary material and his imaginative maneuvers between the corridors of power and the streets and alehouses is impressive.”—Malcolm Gaskill, Financial Times
“A profound book with a light touch—and all the more impressive in that the author is covering almost a century of intellectual, social, and religious history. . . . It will be a long time before the book is surpassed.”—Michael Coren, Globe and Mail
“A tour de force . . . readable, detailed, insightful, and creative. . . . Marshall has delivered a volume that is intellectually solid, extraordinarily well researched, easily accessible, and enjoyably rewarding.”—J. Patrick Hornbeck II, Journal of the American Academy of Religion
“Magisterial. . . . It is a significant achievement, notable not only for its depth and breadth but also for its sheer liveliness and flair, as Marshall masterfully guides his reader through this period of profound cultural change and transformation.”—B. Shannon Gayk, Reading Religion
“Marshall has a gift . . . in his hands, history is good storytelling. . . . An important book offering a creative synthesis of decades of fruitful scholarship.”—Anne T. Thayer, Journal of British Studies
“Marshall’s book is a brilliant work of scholarship. Beautifully written, vigorously argued, deeply researched, and brimming with insight, wit, and empathy, this book is a seminal contribution to the religious history of early modern Europe.”—Stefania Tutino, American Historical Review
“A model of dispassionate reading and insightful analysis.”—Benjamin M. Guyer, Anglican and Episcopal History
“A masterpiece. . . . Marshall’s book is a gem, the foremost study for decades to come.”—Donald K. McKim, Church History
“A superb narrative history. . . . This will become a standard text for those who teach the English Reformation.”—Norman Jones, Renaissance Quarterly
“[Marshall’s] book has shown in a realistic manner, grounded in story and detail, how and why the Reformation produced ‘deep and lasting divisions in religion.’ Heretics and Believers is certainly a book to be read and absorbed.”—Rudolph P. Almasy, Sixteenth Century Journal
“Anyone who is interested in the English Reformation should read this book, and anyone who wishes to be considered an authority on the period has to read this book. Marshall has written a fresh, compelling narrative history of the English Reformation, one that will be difficult to surpass. . . . I cannot recommend this book too highly.”—Sean Otto, Anglican and Episcopal History
“A smart, sweeping account of a century of English religious reformations. . . . A pleasure to read.”—Janice Liedl, Renaissance and Reformation
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE 2018
“A beautifully judged account of the English Reformation. Marshall weaves a single narrative through a contentious century without loss of detail or depth of understanding. Full of wise and humane analysis, this is ambitious in scope and brilliant in execution.”—Wolfson Prize Judges
“A remarkable book that will, without doubt, become the definitive narrative of the English Reformation for years to come. Marshall writes with deep understanding and great panache, moving us masterfully beyond tired debates about whether the Reformation was ‘good’ or ‘bad’ and bringing his subject vividly to life.”—Christopher Marsh, author of Popular Religion in Sixteenth-Century England
“A commanding re-interpretation of a deeply significant process of change: analytically subtle, thematically all-encompassing, and full of real people.”—Steven Gunn, author of Henry VII’s New Men and the Making of Tudor England
“In a field crowded with exceptionally able histories, Heretics and Believers stands out as a treasure.”—Mark Noll, author of Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction
“A magisterial, panoramic and compelling new account of a phenomenon that was never just a top-down, institutionalised and ordered act of state. Peter Marshall reveals how the English Reformation was nurtured within the religious beliefs, culture and polity that it profoundly transformed, and thereby recovers its momentousness.”—Mark Greengrass, author of Christendom Destroyed: Europe, 1517–1648