Godliness and governance in Tudor Colchester
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Godliness and governance in Tudor Colchester
（Studies in medieval and early modern civilization）
University of Michigan Press, c1998
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 407-422) and index
収録内容
- The governing structure
- Governance facing outward: lords, lawyers, and influence
- The institutional Church and its clergy on the eve of reformation
- Traditional lay piety and lollardy, a potent mixture
- The Henrician Reformation, 1529-47
- The reigns of Edward and Mary and the evidence of wills
- Defenders of the faith, 1558-62
- The Church and the laity, 1562-75
- Tightening the reins of governance, 1575-80
- Tightening the reins on behavior, 1575-80
- Master Northey and religion in Colchester, 1580-93
- At the height of godly governance
- A new generation
- Appendix 1. Officers of the Borough of Colchester
- Appendix 2. The aldermen of Tudor Colchester
- Appendix 3. Town clerks, recorders, and members of Parliament in Tudor Colchester
- Appendix 4. The de Veres, the Earls of Oxford in the Tudor period
- Appendix 5. Parish churches
- Appendix 6. Parish priests, ministers, and curates
- Appendix 7. Perpetual chantries in Colchester
- Appendix 8. Survey of Colchester ministers, mid-1580s
- Bibliography
- Index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The Tudor period was a time of extremes, when King Henry VIII beheaded wives and Queen Mary executed her subjects by burning. As an early supporter of Henry's Protestant Reformation, the borough of Colchester took the full brunt of Catholic Mary's wrath, and at least thirteen Colchester Protestants were burned for their faith. When the Protestant Elizabeth came to the throne, Colchester leaders, influenced by returning refugees, determined to try to produce a godly society on the Genevan model. They hired their own preacher, but their efforts to reform sinful behavior through civil government met with strong resistance.
In Godliness and Governance in Tudor Colchester Laquita M. Higgs traces the governance and the religion of that town. Though traditional piety held sway early in the Tudor era, there was a strong undercurrent of hereticism, even among town leaders. Such sympathy helps explain Colchester's embrace of Henry VIII's religious reforms. Town governors also found it advantageous to cooperate with the local nobleman, the earl of Oxford, and with their own Thomas Audley, who helped the King shape the reformation. Queen Mary's attempts to root out Protestantism strengthened Colchester's commitment to reform. Under Elizabeth, reformers gradually took over governance of the borough.
Colchester provides one of the earliest illustrations of the workings and tensions of Puritan town governance. Higgs examines the connections between governance and religion with special emphasis on the Elizabethan period. The town's development toward religious radicalism is shown by a comparison of the aldermen of 1530, 1560, and 1590. Higgs explores the camaraderie of the reformers, the attempt of town leaders to correct immoral behavior, and the resultant tensions that produced deep divisions between moderate reformers and radical Puritans. An analysis of extant wills shows the extent to which Puritan governors achieved some degree of success.
Godliness and Governance in Tudor Colchester will be of interest to historians of the Tudor period, Catholicism, Lollardy, and the English Protestant Reformation.
Laquita M. Higgs is Adjunct Lecturer in History, University of Michigan, Dearborn.
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