England's iconoclasts
By: Margaret Aston.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Oxford; Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 568
Subjects: Ten commandments -- Other gods.; Idols and images -- England -- Worship -- History of doctrines -- 16th century.; Reformation -- England.; Puritans -- England -- History.; Iconoclasm -- England -- History -- 16th century.; England -- Church history -- 16th century.
Description: Rejection of idolatry during the Reformation had dramatic and far-reaching effects on English society: the removal of color and ornament from churches, the alteration of divine and secular laws, and the destruction of an enormous amount of religious art. This study looks at the changes in sixteenth-century theology that brought about iconoclasm and offers new insight into a central aspect of the Reformation.
Notes: Bibliography: v. 1, p. [481]-524.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Laws against images.