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020			_a0300234589 (paperback)
020			_a9780300234589 (paperback)
050			_aBR377 _b.M34 2018
100			_aMarshall, Peter, 1964 October 26-
245			_aHeretics and believers : _ba history of the English reformation / _cPeter Marshall
246			_aHistory of the English reformation
250			_a[First paperback edition]
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c2018.
300			_axix, 652 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c22 cm
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
520			_aCenturies 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.|cPublisher's website
650			_aReformation _zEngland
651			_eEngland _xReligious life and customs
651			_eEngland _xChurch history _y16th century
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