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Cox, Patricia J. (2013) Reformation responses in Tudor Cheshire c.1500-1577. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The focus of this dissertation is the county of Cheshire during the momentous religious
changes of the sixteenth century. It aims to show that it is unrealistic to expect a
monolithic reaction to such change: as in any county a combination of factors came
together resulting in a variety of responses. It also seeks to discredit a number of myths
which continue to proliferate about local people and events of this time. The prominence
given by both contemporaries and subsequent scholars to Catholic survivalism in the
neighbouring county of Lancashire has tended to overshadow the position in Cheshire;
indeed some studies have conflated the two. A central aim of this dissertation has been
to demonstrate that the two counties responded differently, and to seek to explain why
this might have been.
A chronological approach has been adopted because it was felt that this would
afford a cohesive structure. Within each time period certain continuities and recurring
themes will become apparent, however. This is, in part, a function of the sources used,
since many of these records derive from institutions or practices which continued
fundamentally unaffected throughout the period. This was markedly also a time of
radical change, and the abolition of some existing institutions and the introduction of
new procedures produced new types of records which demonstrate the local impact of
some of those changes.
The focus of much Reformation scholarship has now moved away from regional
studies towards a more thematic approach, representing one strand of post revisionism.
One outcome of the local study in this dissertation has been to demonstrate how new
regional studies can contribute to a variety of debates by offering fresh insights and
conclusions from a re-consideration of familiar evidence and an examination of
evidence which may not be widely known.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reformation -- England -- Cheshire, Cheshire (England) -- History -- 16th century, Cheshire (England) -- Social conditions -- 16th century |
Official Date: | December 2013 |
Institution: | University of Warwick |
Theses Department: | Department of History |
Thesis Type: | PhD |
Publication Status: | Unpublished |
Supervisor(s)/Advisor: | Marshall, Peter, 1964 October 26- |
Extent: | xii, 442 leaves : illustrations, maps. |
Language: | eng |
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