Description
Book SynopsisAltars are powerful symbols, but during the early modern period they became a religious battleground. Altars Restored examines a time when religious lives were fundamentally challenged. By looking at what happened physically in local churches, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this period of religious change.
Trade Review...a work of considerable importance to those interested in old churchs. * Jerome Bertram,Church Monuments, *
...a work of immense learning and thorough research...a richly evidenced, innovative and stimulating book. * The Art Newspaper *
An impressive work of scholarship, stimulating and readable. * Northern History *
This book must become the definitive account of altars and altar policies in the post-Reformation era. * Graham Parry, University of York *
A technical read, with a real sense of what things were like on the ground, and is a considerable achievement indeed * Kenneth Stevenson, Church Times *
Fascinating reading * Leanda de Lisle, Catholic Herald *
a richly textured study of religious change at both local and national level * Spartacus Review *
This book is beautifully researched, with a wealth of detail from hitherto neglected sources ... a masterpiece, and essential reading for those concerned with both theological controversy and the worship of this period in the life of the Church of England. * Bryan D. Spinks, Journal of Ecclesiastical History *
[an] excellent book ... a major contribution to Reformation studies, and a fantastic way in to the everyday dramas of this formative period * Lee Gatiss, Churchman *
This is a superb piece of collaborative historical analysis ... Altars Restored will prove the touchstone for all future research on the subject. * John Craig, History *
Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. 'The Stripping of the Altars', 1547-1560 ; 2. The Edwardian Legacy, 1560-1604 ; 3. Avante-Garde Conformity and the English Church, c.1590-1625 ; 4. Propaganda Wars, 1624-1640 ; 5. The Turning of the Tables, 1625-1640 ; 6. The Beauty of Holiness, 1625-1640 ; 7. Repression and Revival, 1640-1660 ; 8. Altars Restored, 1660-c.1700 ; Conclusion
