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Author Gray, Jonathan Michael

Title Oaths and the English Reformation / Jonathan Michael Gray
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (283 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Contents Note continued: The professions of 1534 to 1536 as a response to previous oaths -- 4. Responses to the oaths of succession and supremacy -- Who swore and why some people refused to swear -- How people took the oaths of the Henrician Reformation -- 5. Oaths and the Pilgrimage of Grace -- Response as imitation: the administration of the pilgrims' oaths -- Response as interpretation: the pilgrims' oaths, the oath of succession, and loyalty to the king -- 6. Oaths, evangelicals, and heresy prosecution -- The traditional role of oaths in the prosecution of heretics -- The early evangelical response to heresy oaths -- Oaths and heresy trials in later Henrician England -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- A. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the Pope -- B. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the king in restitution for temporalities -- C. The promise of the bishops to renounce the Pope and his bulls -- D. The oaths of succession -- Contents note continued: E. Instructions for the visitation of the friars, their profession, and the profession of the other clerical institutions in 1534 -- F. The professions of bishops and universities in 1535 -- G. Post-1535 Henrician oaths of supremacy
Summary An examination of the significance and function of oaths in the English Reformation
Notes Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed 19 Dec 2012)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-265) and index
Subject Reformation -- England.
Oaths.
oaths.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Oaths
Reformation
SUBJECT England -- Church history -- 16th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043267
Subject England
Genre/Form Church history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781139086295
1139086294
9781107018020
1107018021
9781139776561
1139776568