Heretics and Believers, Peter Marshall
Heretics and Believers, Peter Marshall
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Heretics and Believers
A History of the English Reformation

Author: Peter Marshall

Narrator: Napoleon Ryan

Unabridged: 35 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/29/2018


Synopsis

Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history 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.

About Peter Marshall

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. He lives in Leamington Spa, U.K.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paul

I coveted this big book for months before I got it. I coveted it way more than my neighbour’s ass*. Finally I got it. It’s a slow read, but very good. I’ve just read part one so far, and here are the two most interesting things I found. Chapter 1 gives us the best summary of medieval Christianity I h......more

'To virtually all the people making use of the word, "Reformation" suggested a lineal process of betterment and change - of an agent acting progressively upon object to produce one perfected, or at least improved, bastion of faith. The experience of the English Reformation, for those who have lived......more

Goodreads review by Alex

The best book I've read on the English Reformation. Fairly hefty but worth the time.......more