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Lollardy and the Reformation in England 4 Volume Paperback Set

Lollardy and the Reformation in England 4 Volume Paperback Set

Lollardy and the Reformation in England 4 Volume Paperback Set

An Historical Survey
James Gairdner
November 2010
Multiple copy pack
9781108017756
$227.00
USD
Multiple copy pack
4 Paperback books

    James Gairdner (1828–1912) was one of the foremost authorities of his day on the Tudor period. This magisterial four-volume survey (originally published 1908–1913) argues that the impetus for the English Reformation came from the Lollard movement of the late fourteenth century. A prolific researcher and editor, Gairdner devoted his career to English history, and his study is both meticulous and factually sound. His critics, however, were quick to observe that the Lollard hypothesis was tenuous, and this mature work is most valuable today to those interested in the history of Reformation scholarship. Volume 1 focuses on the history of the Lollards and the question of royal supremacy. Volume 2 considers the causes of the English Reformation, from the rise of German Protestantism to the death of Henry VIII. Volume 3 covers the reign of Edward VI, and Volume 4 the first year of Mary Tudor's reign.

    Product details

    November 2010
    Multiple copy pack
    9781108017756
    2019 pages
    322 × 252 × 70 mm
    3kg
    Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint

    Table of Contents

    • Volume 1: Preface
    • Book I. The Lollards:
    • 1. The early Lollards
    • 2. Of heresies, schisms, and councils
    • 3. Writers against Lollardy
    • 4. The eve of the Reformation
    • Book II. Royal Supremacy:
    • 1. Forces at work in the Reformation before Queen Elizabeth
    • 2. How the past was viewed under Queen Elizabeth
    • 3. The church and heretics before the Act of Supremacy
    • 4. Martyrs for Rome
    • 5. Sir Thomas More's writings. Volume 2: Book III. The Fall of the Monasteries:
    • 1. Further trials of the faithful
    • 2. Visitation and suppression of monasteries
    • 3. Further proceedings against monasteries, and against superstitions
    • 4. German Protestantism and the Act of the Six Articles
    • Book IV. The Reign of the English Bible:
    • 1. The story of the English Bible
    • 2. The making of formularies
    • 3. Katharine Parr and the New Learning
    • 4. Results under Henry VIII
    • Index to volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3: Introduction
    • Book V. Juvenile Supremacy:
    • 1. Beginning of the Protectorate
    • 2. The progress of innovation
    • 3. England, Trent, and the 'Interim'
    • Book VI. Lollardy in Power:
    • 1. Warwick, Gardiner, and Cranmer
    • 2. The episcopal revolution and Bishop Hooper
    • 3. Destroying 'The Altars of Baal'
    • 4. The great conspiracy
    • Index. Volume 4: Preface
    • Book VII. Queen Mary's First Half-Year:
    • 1. Mary's first trials
    • 2. Foreign influences
    • 3. Mary's first parliament
    • 4. Parliament and religion
    • Book VIII. The Spanish Marriage:
    • 1. The organised insurrections
    • 2. The suppression of the insurrections
    • 3. 'The Queen's Proceedings'
    • 4. The Lady Elizabeth
    • 5. Heretics painted mostly by themselves
    • 6. Spirit of the Edwardine party
    • 7. The Queen's marriage
    • Index.
      Author
    • James Gairdner