Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation
Autor Peter Marshallen Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 apr 2018
WINNER OF THE 2018 WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE
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.
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780300234589
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
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
Recenzii
“Peter Marshall has written a fine history of a momentous time as seen from the bottom up, drawing on a wide range of primary sources and his evident scholarship. . . . A riveting account of the losers as well, the English zealots and cynics who wanted a better world, or an unchanging one.”—The Economist
“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
“With pleasing dispatch Peter Marshall’s compelling new history of England’s Reformation sweeps all the historians down into the footnotes and just tells the story as he sees it. . . . This is the human story within the grand narrative, written with fluidity and warmth, its scholarship providing a firm foundation without being intrusive, its analysis thoughtful, not polemical.”—Lucy Wooding, Literary Review
“The joy of Peter Marshall’s book is that it makes this most hackneyed of historical epics feel fresh and unexpected. More so than any historian of the period working today, Marshall is equally sensitive and perceptive in dealing with both Protestants and Catholics. . . . It is a much-told tale, but I don’t think it has ever been told with more humanity, balance, atmosphere, wit and learning. I wish I’d written it. Buy it, and make time to read it.”—Alec Ryrie, The Tablet
“Marshall has a knowledge of the personalities and the detail and texture of events which few living scholars can match. He makes masterly use of the enormous range of quotable texts to bring to life the dilemmas that his characters faced.”—G. R. Evans, Church Times
“Marshall’s account of this seemingly well-worn topic never seems stale or perfunctory. There is a sense of real people being affected by real issues, the distant hubbub of which can still just about be heard in the pages of this insightful and immersive book.”—Mark Jones, Albion
“A tour de force that transforms our understanding of, what Marshall himself terms, ‘one of the best-known and most widely discussed epochs in English history’: the Reformation of the sixteenth century.”—Henry Jeffries, Irish Historical Studies
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
“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
“With pleasing dispatch Peter Marshall’s compelling new history of England’s Reformation sweeps all the historians down into the footnotes and just tells the story as he sees it. . . . This is the human story within the grand narrative, written with fluidity and warmth, its scholarship providing a firm foundation without being intrusive, its analysis thoughtful, not polemical.”—Lucy Wooding, Literary Review
“The joy of Peter Marshall’s book is that it makes this most hackneyed of historical epics feel fresh and unexpected. More so than any historian of the period working today, Marshall is equally sensitive and perceptive in dealing with both Protestants and Catholics. . . . It is a much-told tale, but I don’t think it has ever been told with more humanity, balance, atmosphere, wit and learning. I wish I’d written it. Buy it, and make time to read it.”—Alec Ryrie, The Tablet
“Marshall has a knowledge of the personalities and the detail and texture of events which few living scholars can match. He makes masterly use of the enormous range of quotable texts to bring to life the dilemmas that his characters faced.”—G. R. Evans, Church Times
“Marshall’s account of this seemingly well-worn topic never seems stale or perfunctory. There is a sense of real people being affected by real issues, the distant hubbub of which can still just about be heard in the pages of this insightful and immersive book.”—Mark Jones, Albion
“A tour de force that transforms our understanding of, what Marshall himself terms, ‘one of the best-known and most widely discussed epochs in English history’: the Reformation of the sixteenth century.”—Henry Jeffries, Irish Historical Studies
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
Notă biografică
Peter Marshall is professor of history at the University of Warwick, winner of the Harold J. Grimm Prize for Reformation History, and author of numerous books, including The Reformation: A Very Short Introduction. His book Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation was the winner of the 2018 Wolfson History Prize. He lives in Leamington Spa, UK.