medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I can speak a little to this at the parish level. By Elizabethan times, many
parishes, especially in an around London had been redecorated, and there were
changes in the liturgy. Additionally churchwardens duties were changing, and had
more responsibility for poor relief. That being said, I don't know how much
this would constitute a "tradition" as such, these changes were still very much
being negotiated. Although there is old peasant "wisdom" that said it took 3
years to make a tradition. Eamon Duffy in his <I>Stripping of the Altars<I> does
argue for more continuity than change though. Gary Gibbs has written on changes
in London parishes during this period in a collection of essays titled :<I>The
Parish in English Life<I> eds. K. French, G. Gibbs, and B. Ku"min.
Kit French
SUNY-New Paltz
Rob Howe wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> Sorry this misses the "medieval" designation by a few years, but it seems
> close enough that someone may be able to help...
>
> I recently came into discussion regarding Shakespeare's plays and their
> relationship with their contemporary "Protestant" tradition (either pro or
> anti).
>
> My difficulty is that I do not know whether such a "tradition" actually
> existed in Shakespeare's time. In what ways - if any - did the beliefs and
> the practices of the national English Church (the "Church of England" in the
> modern sense was not yet properly formulated was it?) in Elizabeth's reign
> differ from those of the Catholic Church which had immediately preceeded it?
>
> English culture at that time mostly looked to (Catholic) Italy for example
> to follow. Most differences between the churches (which ae not all that
> great anyway) apparrent today seem to stem from the Puritan movement,
> Cromwellian reforms and the Civil War a little later in the century.
>
> What actually happened in practice to distinguish the churches beforehand?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob Howe.
>
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