People and piety

Protestant devotional identities in early modern England

• Author(s): Elizabeth Clarke, Robert W. Daniel,
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Pages: 320
• ISBN_10: 1526150115
  ISBN_13: 9781526150110
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion , Religion / Christianity / History , Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh , Literary Criticism / General , Religion / General , History / Europe / Renaissance ,

Description:... This international and interdisciplinary volume investigates Protestant devotional identities in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Divided into two sections, the book examines the ‘sites’ where these identities were forged – the academy, printing house, household, theatre and prison – and the ‘types’ of texts that expressed them – spiritual autobiographies, religious poetry and writings tied to the ars moriendi – providing a broad analysis of social, material and literary forms of devotion during England’s Long Reformation. Through archival and cutting-edge research, a detailed picture of ‘lived religion’ emerges, which re-evaluates the pietistic acts and attitudes of well-known and recently discovered figures. To those studying and teaching religion and identity in early modern England, and anyone interested in the history of religious self-expression, these chapters offer a rich and rewarding read.