Testimony, Faith and Religion in Early Modern English Literature
Making Belief
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-56404-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
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Joseph Ashmore argues that early modern literature became a key site for handling questions of faith during the Protestant Reformation. Presenting fresh studies of major authors, he reveals how legal ideas of evidence and proof shed light on the workings of faith.
The Protestant Reformation placed intense scrutiny on religious belief in early modern England. But how did this belief work? What resources did it draw on? How did such a faith differ from other kinds of assent? In this interdisciplinary study, Joseph Ashmore argues that early modern literature became a key site for handling these questions. Focusing on late sixteenth- to mid seventeenth-century writing, he shows how Protestant authors turned to contemporary legal discourses to represent and analyse faith. Techniques for evaluating courtroom testimony became a powerful tool for investigating what was distinctive about religious belief. Examining the sermons of Lancelot Andrewes and John Donne, the philosophy and prose fiction of Francis Bacon, and the poems of Henry Vaughan, Ashmore shows how legal notions of evidence shaped discussions of faith across a number of different genres, and within a variety of social and political contexts.
The Protestant Reformation placed intense scrutiny on religious belief in early modern England. But how did this belief work? What resources did it draw on? How did such a faith differ from other kinds of assent? In this interdisciplinary study, Joseph Ashmore argues that early modern literature became a key site for handling these questions. Focusing on late sixteenth- to mid seventeenth-century writing, he shows how Protestant authors turned to contemporary legal discourses to represent and analyse faith. Techniques for evaluating courtroom testimony became a powerful tool for investigating what was distinctive about religious belief. Examining the sermons of Lancelot Andrewes and John Donne, the philosophy and prose fiction of Francis Bacon, and the poems of Henry Vaughan, Ashmore shows how legal notions of evidence shaped discussions of faith across a number of different genres, and within a variety of social and political contexts.
Joseph Ashmore is a researcher focusing on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature. His published work has investigated early modern religious writing, including sermons, devotional poetry and the material culture of post-Reformation England. He has held teaching and research positions at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Introduction: making belief; 1. Witnessing the resurrection in Lancelot Andrewes's preaching; 2. John Donne and the testimony of salvation; 3. Francis Bacon and the testimony of conversion; 4. The assurance of process in Henry Vaughan's poetry; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturgeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-56404-8 / 1009564048 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-56404-5 / 9781009564045 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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