Late monasticism and the Reformation
By: [edited and written by] A.G. Dickens.
Contributors: Dickens, A. G. 1910-; Butley Priory.
Publisher: Hambledon Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; Rio Grande, Ohio
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Butley Priory -- History -- Sources.; Reformation -- England.; Monasticism and religious orders -- England -- Suffolk.; Suffolk (England) -- Intellectual life -- 16th century.; England -- Church history -- 16th century.
Description: "A.G. Dickens is the most eminent English historian of the Reformation. His books and articles have illuminated both the history and the historiography of the Reformation in England and in Germany. Late Monasticism and the Reformation contains an edition of a poignant chronicle from the eve of the Reformation and a new collection of essays. The first part of the book is a reprint of his edition of The Chronicle of Butley Priory, only previously available in a small privately financed edition which has long been out of print. The last English monastic chronicle, it extends from the early years of the sixteenth century up to the Dissolution. Besides giving an intimate portrait of the community at Butley, it reveals many details concerning the local history and personalities of Suffolk during that period. The second part contains the most important essays published by A.G. Dickens since his Reformation Studies (1982). Their themes concern such areas of current interest as the strength and geographical distribution of English Protestantism before 1558; the place of anticlericalism in the English Reformation; and Luther as a humanist. Also included are some local studies including essays on the early Protestants of Northamptonshire and on the mock battle of 1554 fought by London schoolboys over religion."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The register or chronicle of Butley Priory, Suffolk, 1510-1535; title: Luther and the humanists; title: The early expansion of Protestantism in England, 1520-58; title: Early Protestantism and the church in Northamptonshire; title: The shape of anticlericalism and the English Reformation; title: The Battle of Finsbury Field and its wider context; title: South Yorkshire letters, 1555; title: The purpose of historical study at the university.