The Religion of Protestants: The Church in English Society 1559-1625 (Ford Lectures, 1979)

The Religion of the Protestants The Church in English Society 1559-1625 The Ford Lectures 1979 This is the first paperback edition of The Religion of Protestants (originally published in 1982). This revised and extended version of the Ford Lectures for 1979 takes the form of a series of studies of the constituent elements of post-Reformation ecclesiastical and religious life: crown, bishops, clergy, magistrates, and people. A concluding chapter investigates the extent of voluntary and semi-private religious activity in early Stuart England. Professor Collinson emphasizes the integrity of the Church rather than its structural weaknesses and divisions into Puritan and Anglican tendencies, and he stresses the conservative rather than the 'radical’ influence exerted by the protestant religion on society xiv, 297 pages ; 23 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Monarchy and prelacy -- Episcopal roles and reputations -- Clerus Britannicus Stupor Mundi -- Magistracy and ministry -- Popular and unpopular religion -- Voluntary religion : its forms and tendencies Patrick Collinson. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.