Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England by Judith Maltby

Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England by Judith Maltby

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 the period by a serious exploration of the laity who conformed, out of conviction, to the Book of Common Prayer. Through the use of church court records and parliamentary petitions, the views of lay people are examined - those who were neither 'puritan' nor 'Laudian', yet were committed to the reformed liturgy and episcopacy out of sincere belief, and not as a matter of political expediency.

'All those who love the Church of England and are fascinated by its complex history will find things to enjoy in this bookIt is a work of scholarship which lights up dark corners far beyond its apparent specialism.' Robert Runcie, The Daily Telegraph
'… a remarkable book … 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, The Church Times

Maltby, Judith: - Judith Maltby is Chaplain and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Reader in Church History in the University of Oxford

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ISBN 13	9780521793872
ISBN 10	0521793874
Title	Prayer Book and People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England
Author	Judith Maltby
Series	Cambridge Studies In Early Modern British History
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Year published	2000-08-10
Number of pages	332
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