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The Religious Culture of Marian England
David Loades
Religious Cultures in the Early
Modern World Hb: c.256pp: August 2010
978 1 85196 921 0: 234x156mm: £60.00/$99.00
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978 1 85196 598 4
Published by Pickering and Chatto
Loades explores England's religious cultures during the reign of Mary Tudor. He investigates how conflicting traditions
of conformity and dissent negotiated the new spiritual, political and legal landscape which followed her reintroduction of
Catholicism to England. The clergy and laity were largely acquiescent. Loades investigates religious practices in the high
church and the parishes to give us a richer understanding of this habit of obedience.
Readership
Early Modern Studies, Religious Studies
Contents
Introduction: The
Need for Conformity
1 The Habit of Obedience
2 The Power of Tradition
3 Conviction
4 Education
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The Culture of Dissent
6 The Mechanics of Enforcement
7 The Built Environment
8 Outside Interference
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Catholic Survival
Epilogue
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The most recent publication by David Loades is for The National
Archives entitled Mary Tudor: The Tragical History of the First Queen of England (see picture of front cover above).
This volume has received a excellent review from Professor Diarmaid MacCullough, University of Oxford, in the London Review
of Books.
The National Archives describes the book as "a compelling narrative exploring the drama of Mary's life
from her parents' marriage to the aftermath of her reign. He shows how the times she lived in were as unpredictable as the
events of her own life from disfavour and despair to the crown and late marriage to Philip of Spain. Original documents and
colour illustrations bring Mary out of the shadows, revealing both the steeliness and the vulnerability of the woman and the
queen".
David Loades has already published volumes on Henry VIII (see front cover above) and Elizabeth
I for the National Archives. He has also published a major biography of Elizabeth I (see front cover above)
with Hambldon Continuum.
David Loades is both editor and a contributor to a distinguished collection of essays Word
and Worship, published by The Davenant Press - please visit: http://www.davenantpress.co.uk
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Professor David Loades, The Cottage,
Priory Lane, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4SG, England
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