{"product_id":"people-and-piety-protestant-devotional-identities-in-early-modern-england-9781526150127","title":"People and Piety: Protestant Devotional","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003ears moriendi\u003c\/i\u003e – 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Situating itself broadly within the well-established field of \"self fashioning\" studies, but more particularly within the more recent \"devotional turn\" in historiography, this is a well-chosen, carefully structured... effective and handsomely produced volume... well-thought-out and stimulating... Much new research is to be found here.' \u003ci\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; History\u003c\/i\u003e, R. C. Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'...all of the fine essays in this volume reflect the considerable time given by the contributors to the \"otherness\" of their subjects and, as a result, offer the reader fascinating insights into the variety of devotional identities in early modern England.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaptist Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, Karen E. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''This fine new volume... is predicated on the principle that it is through the detailed study of particular lives that we can come closest to appreciating early modern religion and religious writing. The result is a fascinating collection of new essays... I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone interested in the history, literature or religion of early modern England, and especially in the meeting of these elements in the endlessly fascinating devotional lives of its people.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBunyan Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Helen Wilcox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This collection of fourteen essays provides a wealth of examples of the ways that devotional identities were formed and understood in early modern England... Whether a reader approaches the collection as a whole or dips into it according to her interests, she is sure to emerge with a deeper understanding of popular piety in early modern England.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMilton Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, Brook Conti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In their important edited collection... Elizabeth Clarke and Robert W. Daniel succeed in their intention of demonstrating that “piety did not define people” in early modern England, for “it was people who defined their piety”. Responding to the recent devotional turn, and in particular, renewed calls to consider individuals’ lived religious practice, Clarke and Daniel bring together wide-ranging and interdisciplinary chapters that survey the breadth and vitality of Protestant devotional identities... This volume serves as a snapshot of the state of a flourishing field, a comprehensive and enlightening overview of the construction of devotional identities, and deserves to be widely consulted as a key survey of English Protestantism.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal of British Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, Emily Vine\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword – John Coffey\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction – Elizabeth Clarke and Robert W. Daniel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSECTION I: SITES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Devotional identities in religious communities \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1        What was devotional writing? Re-visiting the community at Little Gidding, 1626–33 – David Manning\u003cbr\u003e2        ‘HERSCHEPT HET HERT’: Katherine Sutton’s \u003ci\u003eExperiences\u003c\/i\u003e (1663), the printer’s device and the making of devotion – Michael Durrant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Devotional identities in the household\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3        ‘A soul preaching to itself’: sermon note-taking and family piety – Ann Hughes\u003cbr\u003e4        The Act of Toleration, household worship and voicing dissent: Oliver Heywood’s \u003ci\u003eA Family Altar\u003c\/i\u003e (1693) – William J. Sheils\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Devotional identities in the theatre\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5        Devotional identity and the mother’s legacy in \u003ci\u003eA Warning for Fair Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1599) – Iman Sheeha\u003cbr\u003e6        Devotion, marriage, and mirth in \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan Widow\u003c\/i\u003e (1607) – Robert O. Yates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Devotional identities in the prison\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7        ‘O this dark dungeon!’: murderers, martyrs and the ‘sacred space’ of the early modern prison – Lynn Robson\u003cbr\u003e8        Editing devotional identity: the compilation and reception of the prison prose of George Fox’s \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e (1694) – Catie Gill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSECTION II: TYPES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Devotional identities in spiritual autobiographies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9        Fathers and sons, conscience and duty in early modern England – Bernard Capp\u003cbr\u003e10    Dissenting devotion and identity in \u003ci\u003eThe Experience\u003c\/i\u003e of Mary Franklin (\u003ci\u003ed\u003c\/i\u003e. 1711) – Vera J. Camden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Devotional identities in religious poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11    Loyalist and dissenting responses to George Herbert’s \u003ci\u003eThe Temple \u003c\/i\u003e(1633) in the devotional writing of the 1640s–50s – Jenna Townend\u003cbr\u003e12    ‘Whom I never knew to Poetrize but now’: grief and passion in the devotional poetry of Richard Baxter – Sylvia Brown\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII: Devotional identities in the \u003ci\u003ears moriendi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13    ‘My sick-bed covenants’: scriptural patterns and model piety in the early modern sickchamber – Robert W. Daniel\u003cbr\u003e14    ‘Now the Lord hath made me a spectacle’: deathbed narratives and devotional identities in the early seventeenth century – Charles Green \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfterword – N. H. 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