This book explores the culture of conformity to the Church of England and its liturgy in the period after the Reformation and before the outbreak of the Civil War. It provides a necessary corrective to our view of religion in that period through a serious exploration of the laypeople who conformed, out of conviction, to the Book of Common Prayer. These "prayer book Protestants" formed a significant part of the spectrum of society in Tudor and Stuart England, yet until now they have remained an almost completely uninvestigated group.
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"This book is an original, provocative, and persuasive analysis of the character of the Church of England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries." Sewanee Theological Review
"This is an ambitious and intelligent study, which raises important questions about the `bedding-down' of the English Reformation, and the formation of confessional identities between the accession of Elizabeth and the outbreak of civil war." Peter Marshall, 16th Century Journal
"This book is an original, provocative, and persuasive analysis of the character of the Church of England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In reading her book, Episcopalians will rediscover some of the reasons that The Book of Common Prayer in its many editions and revisions has been and continues to be so important to the life of the Episcopal Church and to the Anglican Communion." Sewanee Theological Review
"Maltby's exploration of the evidence for 'prayer book Protestants' between 1560 and 1640 is an important and welcome discussion." Catholic Historical Review
"This is an ambitious and intelligent study, which raises important questions about the `bedding-down' of the English Reformation, and the formation of confessional identities between the accession of Elizabeth and the outbreak of civil war." Peter Marshall, 16th Century Journal
"This book is an original, provocative, and persuasive analysis of the character of the Church of England in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. In reading her book, Episcopalians will rediscover some of the reasons that The Book of Common Prayer in its many editions and revisions has been and continues to be so important to the life of the Episcopal Church and to the Anglican Communion." Sewanee Theological Review
"Maltby's exploration of the evidence for 'prayer book Protestants' between 1560 and 1640 is an important and welcome discussion." Catholic Historical Review
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This book explores the culture of conformity to the Church of England and its liturgy in the period after the Reformation and before the the Civil War, providing a serious exploration of `prayer book Protestants', who until now have remained an almost completely uninvestigated group. 'E a remarkable book E the force of [Dr Maltby's] argument is inescapable. No historian of the Reformation, of the rise of Anglicanism, or of popular religion in the localities, can afford to neglect her work.'John Guy in The Church Times
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Absolutely an exceptional historical work which demonstrates that the faith of the people during the historical periods in question were dedicated to prayer book worship and very much represents a correction to certain typical renderings of this period that would lay more stress on nonconformist or puritan patterns of worship and emphases.
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Prayer of the rather grander sort intended for the leading of public worship do appear with regularity in churchwardens' accounts, of course, as do entries regarding their repair and maintenance - expenditure which indicates that they were receiving wear and tear. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lawful liturgy, conformist petitioners, conformist petitions, rated subscribers, pew list, pew ownership, ship money sheriff, church papistry, pew plans, leading parishioners, lawful ceremonies, lawful worship, visitation articles, church papists, royalist clergy, hearth tax returns, foreign divines, receiving poor relief, parish officers, social spread, episcopal government, church rate, ordinary parishioners, lay religion, presbyterian party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prayer Book, Church of England, Sir Thomas, Long Parliament, Aston Lodge, Holy Communion, English Civil War, Impartial Collection, Thomason Tracts, John Morrill, Personal Rule, House of Lords, Stuart England, Main Papers, Sir William Brereton, Lord Cholmondeley, Patrick Collinson, George Herbert, Short Parliament, Thomas Adams, Margaret Spufford, Sir Edward Dering, Eamon Duffy, East Cheshire, Historical Sketches New!
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Prayer of the rather grander sort intended for the leading of public worship do appear with regularity in churchwardens' accounts, of course, as do entries regarding their repair and maintenance - expenditure which indicates that they were receiving wear and tear. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lawful liturgy, conformist petitioners, conformist petitions, rated subscribers, pew list, pew ownership, ship money sheriff, church papistry, pew plans, leading parishioners, lawful ceremonies, lawful worship, visitation articles, church papists, royalist clergy, hearth tax returns, foreign divines, receiving poor relief, parish officers, social spread, episcopal government, church rate, ordinary parishioners, lay religion, presbyterian party Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Prayer Book, Church of England, Sir Thomas, Long Parliament, Aston Lodge, Holy Communion, English Civil War, Impartial Collection, Thomason Tracts, John Morrill, Personal Rule, House of Lords, Stuart England, Main Papers, Sir William Brereton, Lord Cholmondeley, Patrick Collinson, George Herbert, Short Parliament, Thomas Adams, Margaret Spufford, Sir Edward Dering, Eamon Duffy, East Cheshire, Historical Sketches New!
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