Catholic Renewal and Protestant Resistance in Marian England Westbrook Vivienne
Catholic Renewal and Protestant Resistance in Marian England Westbrook Vivienne Mary Tudor's reign is regarded as a period where, within a short space of time, an early modern European state…
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Catholic Renewal and Protestant Resistance in Marian England Westbrook Vivienne
Mary Tudor's reign is regarded as a period where, within a short space of time, an early modern European state attempted to reverse the religious policy of preceding governments. The efforts to renew Catholic worship and to revive Catholic education and spirituality were fiercely opposed by a small but determined group of Protestants, who sought ways of thwarting the return of Catholicism. This required the use of persuasion and coercion, of propaganda and censorship, as well as the controversial decision to revive an old statute against heresy.
The battle between those seeking to renew Catholicism and those determined to resist it raged for the full five years of Mary's reign.This volume brings together eleven authors from different disciplines (English Literature, History, Divinity, and the History of the Book), who explore the different policies undertaken to ensure that