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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Looking backward? London's last anchorite, Simon Appulby (1537) -- The Greyfriars Chronicle and the fate of London's Franciscan community -- Cromwell's nuns: Katherine Bulkeley, Morpheta Kingsmill, and Joan Fane -- Cromwell's abbess and friend: Margaret Vernon -- "Refugee Reformation": The effects of exile -- Richard Whitford's last work, 1541. |
| Summary |
In the years from 1534, when Henry VIII became head of the English church until the end of Mary Tudor's reign in 1558, the forms of English religious life evolved quickly and in complex ways. At the heart of these changes stood the country's professed religious men and women, whose institutional homes were closed between 1535 and 1540. Records of their reading and writing offer a remarkable view of these turbulent times. The responses to religious change of friars, anchorites, monks and nuns from London and the surrounding regions are shown through chronicles, devotional texts, and letters. What becomes apparent is the variety of positions that English religious men and women took up at the Reformation and the accommodations that they reached, both spiritual and practical. Of particular interest are the extraordinary letters of Margaret Vernon, head of four nunneries and personal friend of Thomas Cromwell. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
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Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547. |
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Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558.
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Mary I, Queen of England, 1516-1558. |
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England -- Church history -- 16th century.
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England. |
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Church history. |
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16th century |
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Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century.
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Books and reading. |
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History. |
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Christian literature, English -- Sources.
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Christian literature, English. |
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Sources.
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1500-1599 |
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Electronic books.
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Church history.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Erler, Mary Carpenter. Reading and writing during the dissolution 9781107039797 (DLC) 2013000792 (OCoLC)832705060 |
| ISBN |
9781107417281 (electronic book) |
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1107417287 (electronic book) |
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1139626574 (electronic book) |
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9781139626576 (electronic book) |
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9781107039797 |
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1107039797 |
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