Altars Restored
Subtitle: The Changing Face of English Religious Worship, 1547-c.1700
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: January 11, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780198207009
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Ecclesiology & Church government; History of religion; Religious life & practice; c 1500 to c 1600; c 1600 to c 1700; History - General History; History: World; Europe - Great Britain - General; History; History / Great Britain; 16th century; 17th century; Altars; England; Worship
Description: By looking at what happened physically in the local churches, in contrast to the formal enactments of government, and using sources such as churchwardens' accounts and surviving religious artefacts, the book recaptures the experience of the ordinary parishioner in this crucial period of religious change.