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Monks, Miracles and Magic : Reformation Representations of the Medieval Church.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781136522123
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Monks, Miracles and MagicDDC classification:
  • 270.3/072
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'Broughte owte of deadly darkenes to lyvely lighte': reconstructing the medieval past in Reformation England -- 3 'Lying histories fayning false miracles': monks, miracles and magic in the medieval past -- 4 'Entique gargles of ydolatry': saints, images and hagiography in Reformation polemic -- 5 'Lying Histories Fayning False Miracles': Reformation lives of St Thomas Becket and St Dunstan -- 6 'Antichrist, &amp -- not the true successour of Peter': popes, miracles and necromancy in Reformation polemic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Setting key case studies in a broad conceptual framework, this innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity is key reading for all those with an interest in the construction of the Protestant church, and its medieval past.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of plates -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'Broughte owte of deadly darkenes to lyvely lighte': reconstructing the medieval past in Reformation England -- 3 'Lying histories fayning false miracles': monks, miracles and magic in the medieval past -- 4 'Entique gargles of ydolatry': saints, images and hagiography in Reformation polemic -- 5 'Lying Histories Fayning False Miracles': Reformation lives of St Thomas Becket and St Dunstan -- 6 'Antichrist, &amp -- not the true successour of Peter': popes, miracles and necromancy in Reformation polemic -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Setting key case studies in a broad conceptual framework, this innovative new study of Reformation attitudes to medieval Christianity is key reading for all those with an interest in the construction of the Protestant church, and its medieval past.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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