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  1. The Reformation : a very short introduction

    Marshall, Peter, 1964-
    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

    The Reformation transformed Europe, and left an indelible mark on the modern world. It began as an argument about what Christians needed to do to be saved, but rapidly engulfed society in a series of fundamental changes. This Very Short Introduction provides a lively and up-to-date guide to the process. It explains doctrinal debates in a clear and non-technical way, but is equally concerned to demonstrate the effects the Reformation had on politics, society, art, and minorities. Peter Marshall argues that the Reformation was not a solely European phenomenon, but that varieties of faith exported from Europe transformed Christianity into a truly world religion. The complex legacy of the Reformation is also assessed; its religious fervour produced remarkable stories of sanctity and heroism, and some extraordinary artistic achievements, but violence, holy war, and martyrdom were equally its products. A paradox of the Reformation - that it intensified intolerance while establishing pluralism - is one we still wrestle with today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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  2. Mother Leakey and the bishop : a ghost story

    Marshall, Peter, 1964-
    Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

    Halloween 1636: sightings of the ghost of an old woman begin to be reported in the small English coastal town of Minehead, and a royal commission is sent to investigate. December 1640: a disgraced Protestant bishop is hanged in the Irish capital, Dublin, after being convicted of an 'unspeakable' crime. In this remarkable piece of historical detective work, Peter Marshall sets out to uncover the intriguing links between these two seemingly unconnected events. The result is a compelling tale of dark family secrets, of efforts to suppress them, and of the ways in which they finally come to light. It is also the story of a shocking seventeenth-century Church scandal which cast its shadow over religion and politics in Britain and Ireland for the best part of three centuries, drawing in a host of well known and not-so-well-known characters along the way, including Jonathan Swift, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Walter Scott. A fascinating story in its own right, Mother Leakey and the Bishop is also a sparkling demonstration of how the telling of stories is central to the way we remember the past, and can become part of the fabric of history itself.

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  3. Reformation England, 1480-1642

    Marshall, Peter, 1964-
    London : Arnold ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press, 2003.

    "Reformation England" provides a clear and critical account of recent scholarly approaches, while at the same time retaining a narrative drive. This volume combines reassessment of familiar debates and topics with introductions to newer historiographical concerns: religious life before the Reformation; the early evangelical movement; meanings of 'puritanism' and 'catholicism' in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; the nature of religious 'conformity'; and, religious conflict and the advent of civil war. The book addresses a problem whose ramifications are still with us: why the English became divided over religion, and why, despite the efforts of a succession of governments, those divisions could not be healed.Retaining a narrative drive, this title provides a clear and critical account of the recent scholarly approaches to the subject of Reformation England, evaluating all of the chief debates on the subject. There is a growing perception among scholars that the English and Welsh experienced a "long reformation", whose roots lie in the 15th century, and whose effects were still being felt well into the 17th century. Yet general surveys of the Reformation often place the origins of the story in 1529, and most draw to a close at some point in the 16th century. This book argues that to understand the Reformation it is necessary to adopt a less restricted viewpoint. It combines reassessment of familiar debates and topics with introductions to newer historiographical concerns: religious life before the Reformation; the early evangelical movement; aims and achievement of the Henrician, Edwardian and Marian Reformations; meanings of "Puritanism" and "Catholicism" in the later 16th and 17th centuries; the nature of religious "conformity"; religious conflict and the advent of civil war. "Reformation England" addresses a problem whose remifications are still felt: why the English became divided over religion, and why, despite the efforts of a succession of governments, those divisions could not be healed.

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