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The Debate on the English Reformation

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Debate on the English Reformation
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rosemary O'Day
SeriesIssues in Historiography
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreBritish and Irish History
Church history
ISBN/Barcode 9780719086625
ClassificationsDewey:274.206072
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Edition 2nd edition

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 10 February 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Extensively revised and updated, this new edition of The debate on the English Reformation combines a discussion of successive historical approaches to the English Reformation with a critical review of recent debates in the area, offering a major contribution to modern historiography as well as to Reformation studies. It explores the way in which successive generations have found the Reformation relevant to their own times and have in the process rediscovered, redefined and rewritten its story. It shows that not only people who called themselves historians but also politicians, ecclesiastics, journalists and campaigners argued about interpretations of the Reformation and the motivations of its principal agents. The author also shows how, in the twentieth century, the debate was influenced by the development of history as a subject and, in the twenty-first century, by state control of the academy. Undergraduates, researchers and lecturers alike will find this an invaluable and essential companion to their studies. -- .

Author Biography

Rosemary O'Day is Emeritus Professor of History at the Open University -- .