Altars restored : the changing face of English religious worship, 1547-c.1700 /

Altars are powerful symbols, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Altars Restored examines a time when religious lives were fundamentally challenged. By looking at what happened physically in local churches, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary paris...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Fincham, Kenneth
Weitere Verfasser:
Tyacke, Nicholas
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Zusammenfassung:
Altars are powerful symbols, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Altars Restored examines a time when religious lives were fundamentally challenged. By looking at what happened physically in local churches, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this period of religious change. - ;Altars are powerful symbols, fraught with meaning, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Attacked by reformers in the mid-sixteenth century because of their allegedly idolatrous associations with the Catholic sacrifice
Umfang:
1 online resource (429 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-375) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-151871-9
9786611145231
1-281-14523-8
Schlagworte:
Worship > History > 16th century.
Worship > History > 17th century.
Altars > England > History > 16th century.
Altars > England > History > 17th century.
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