The Laudians and the Elizabethan Church: History, Conformity and Religious Identity in Post-Reformation England

Calvin Lane

The Laudians and the Elizabethan Church

History, Conformity and Religious Identity in Post-Reformation England

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Notions of religious conformity in England were redefined during the mid-seventeenth century; for many it was as though the previous century's reformation was being reversed. Lane considers how a select group of churchmen – the Laudians – reshaped the meaning of church conformity during a period of religious and political turmoil. He emphasizes the Laudians' use of history in their arguments, particularly their creative appeal to common sensibilities about the reign of Elizabeth I as a 'Golden Age'. This book assesses the way historical claims functioned within the discourse of religious and political legitimacy in early modern England.

"'In this careful and incisive study of liturgical reform in the mid to late seventeenth-century Church of England, Lane examines the uses that Anglican divines made of Elizabethan precedents, and in so doing reveals a nostalgia for practices from an era that was both recent and yet quite remote.'"

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History, Conformity and Religious Identity in Post-Reformation England

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Dedication
pp viii-x

Acknowledgements
pp xi-xii

Abbreviations
pp xiii-xiv

Introduction: Laudianism, Prayer Book Conformity and the Idea of History in Early Modern England
pp 1-16

1 - Peter Smart and Old Style Conformity
pp 17-36

2 - Semper Eadem: The Laudian Clergy and Historical Polemic during the Personal Rule
pp 37-74

3 - Articles, Speeches and Fallen Bishops: Historical Arguments in the 1630s and 1640s
pp 75-110

4 - ‘Our Reformation’: Laudian Uses of History during the Interregnum and Restoration
pp 111-148

5 - Peter Heylyn and the Politics of History in Restoration England
pp 149-180

Conclusion: History, Polemic and the Laudian Redefinition of Conformity
pp 181-188

Notes
pp 189-212

Works Cited
pp 213-228

Index
pp 229-236

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