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Book SynopsisThis book presents detailed biographical case studies of English religious men and women, and their reading and writing during the turbulent period around the Dissolution of the monasteries, often revealing a surprising interest in reform. It features the remarkable writings of Margaret Vernon, head of four nunneries and personal friend of Thomas Cromwell.
Trade Review'Mary C. Erler's elegant examination of monastic reading and writing during the Dissolution revolves around six case studies representing different facets of religious life in early Tudor England. By drawing attention to their reading and especially their writing in the midst and aftermath of the Dissolution, Erler offers a more rounded picture of the regular clergy - as active participants in the English Reformation.' Martin Heale, The American Historical Review
Table of Contents1. Looking backward?: London's last anchorite, Simon Appulby (†1537); 2. The Greyfriars Chronicle and the fate of London's Franciscan community; 3. Cromwell's nuns: Katherine Bulkeley, Morpheta Kingsmill, Joan Fane; 4. Cromwell's abbess and friend, Margaret Vernon; 5. 'Refugee Reformation': the effects of exile; 6. Richard Whitford's last work, 1541; Appendices; Bibliography.
