Monks, Miracles and Magic

Reformation Representations of the Medieval Church

Helen L. Parish (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2005
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-31689-7 (ISBN)

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Setting key case studies in a broad conceptual framework, this innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity is key reading for all those with an interest in the construction of the Protestant church, and its medieval past.

Helen L. Parish presents an innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity, revealing the process by which the medieval past was rewritten by Reformation propagandists. This fascinating account sheds light on how the myths and legends of the middle ages were reconstructed, reinterpreted, and formed into a historical base for the Protestant church in the sixteenth century.

Crossing the often artificial boundary between medieval and modern history, Parish draws upon a valuable selection of writings on the lives of the saints from both periods, and addresses ongoing debates over the relationship between religion and the supernatural in early modern Europe.

Setting key case studies in a broad conceptual framework, Monks, Miracles and Magic is essential reading for all those with an interest in the construction of the Protestant church, and its medieval past.

Helen L. Parish is Lecturer in History at the University of Reading, author of Clerical Marriage and the English Reformation (2000), and co-editor of Religion and Superstitions in Reformation Europe (2003).

Acknowledgments. 1. Introduction 2. 'Broughte owte of deadly darkenes to lyvely lighte': Reconstructing the Medieval Past in Reformation England 3. 'Lying histories fayning false miracles': Monks, Miracles and Magic in the Medieval Past 4. 'Entique gargles of ydolatry': Saints, Images, and Hagiography in Reformation Polemic 5. 'Lying Histories Fayning False Miracles': Reformation Lives of St Thomas Becket and St Dunstan 6. 'Antichrist, and not the true successour of Peter': Popes, Miracles and Necromancy in Reformation Polemic Conclusion. Bibliography.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.1.2005
Zusatzinfo	4 Halftones, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	430 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-415-31689-8 / 0415316898
ISBN-13	978-0-415-31689-7 / 9780415316897
Zustand	Neuware