{"product_id":"richard-whitfords-dyuers-holy-instrucyons-and-teachynges-very-necessary-for-the-helth-of-mannes-soule-9781802078466","title":"Richard Whitford's Dyuers Holy Instrucyons and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Whitford’s \u003ci\u003eDyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes Soule \u003c\/i\u003eis the last printed work written by a brother of the Brigittine community at Syon Abbey. A vocal opponent of Lutheran reforms and Henry VIII’s agenda to install himself as the head of the Church of England, Richard Whitford was also Syon’s most prolific author. His writing provides pastoral guidance on a range of issues as well as powerful articulations of the value of religious life during the turbulent years preceding the king’s break from the Catholic Church. Published in 1541, \u003ci\u003eDyuers Holy Instrucyons \u003c\/i\u003eis also the only Syon text printed after the dissolution of the monasteries. This text thus offers a rare perspective on the concerns of those faithful to the old religion from a religious brother who actively participated in the abbey’s campaign against Lutheran reformers. As with his previous work, Whitford’s \u003ci\u003eDyuers Holy Instrucyons \u003c\/i\u003emaintains an openly confrontational stance toward radical reformers while offering instruction to readers on issues that would certainly have been topical for faithful who lived after the 1534 Act of Supremacy—issues focussed on patience, avoiding vice, impediments to spiritual perfection, and detraction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  This edition makes this significant work available for the first time to modern readers with crucial discussions of the history and themes of the texts, including the indivisibility of politics and religion in the early years of the Reformation and the crucial role that Syon Abbey played in the textual representation of this period in English history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTIONGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003eThe Life of Richard Whitford\u003cbr\u003eSyon Community, Lay Piety, and Vernacular Devotional Literature\u003cbr\u003eMonasticism and the Reformation\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDyuers Holy Instrucyons and Teachynges Very Necessary for the Helth of Mannes Soule\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boke of Pacience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Worke of Dyuers Impediments and Lettes of Perfection\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Instruction to auoyde and eschewe vyces and folowe good maners\u003c\/i\u003e or the \u003ci\u003eConsilia of Isidore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOf Detraction. Chrisostomus homelia tercia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExtant Copies of the Text\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Middleton\u003cbr\u003eThe Language of the Text\u003cbr\u003eEditorial Procedures\u003cbr\u003eTHE TEXTNotes to the Text\u003cbr\u003eApparatus\u003cbr\u003eGlossary\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Liverpool University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360141967703,"sku":"9781802078466","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781802078466.jpg?v=1754126792","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/richard-whitfords-dyuers-holy-instrucyons-and-teachynges-very-necessary-for-the-helth-of-mannes-soule-9781802078466","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}