Renovating the Sacred: Faith Communities and the Re-Formation of the English Parish Church (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781443851961)

The English Reformation was no bolt of lightning out of a clear blue sky. Nor was it an event that was inevitable, smooth, or predictable. Rather, it was a process that had its turbulent beginnings in the late medieval period and extended through until the Restoration. This book places the emphasis not just on law makers or the major players, but also, and more importantly, on those individuals and parish communities that lived through the twists and turns of reform.

It explores the unpredictable process of the English Reformation through the fabric, rituals and spaces of the parish church in the Diocese of Norwich c. 1450â "1662, as recorded, through the churchwardensâ (TM) accounts and the material remains of the late medieval and early modern periods. It is through the uses and abuses of the objects, rituals, spaces of the parish church that the English Reformation became a reality in the lives of these faith communities that experienced it.

Author: Irena Tina Marie Larking
ISBN-10: 1443851965
ISBN-13: 9781443851961
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 03/27/2017
Pages: 325
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.90w x 1.10d