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Marshall, Peter (2020) Thomas Becket, William Warham and the crisis of the early Tudor church. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 71 (2). pp. 293-315. doi:10.1017/S002204691800266X ISSN 0022-0469.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/S002204691800266X
Abstract
England's first Tudor monarchs were formally devoted to the cult of St Thomas of Canterbury. In popular memory, however, Thomas was a champion of law and custom, an opponent of untrammelled royal power, and – especially among the clergy – a martyr for ecclesiastical ‘liberties’. This suggests that the pre-Reformation Church was considerably less ‘monarchical’ than is sometimes supposed. In the 1530s Thomas became a powerful symbol of resistance to Henry VIII's royal supremacy. However, the fact that he could be portrayed as a patron of the clergy's sectional interests helps to explain how opposition was weakened and divided.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170 -- Influence, Christian biography, Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Ecclesiastical History | ||||||||
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0022-0469 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2020 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 71 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 293-315 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1017/S002204691800266X | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This article has been accepted for publication in a revised form for publication in Journal of Ecclesiastical History https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-ecclesiastical-history/article/thomas-becket-william-warham-and-the-crisis-of-the-early-tudor-church/F6A255F5409985C22AE5BD1132ED95F8 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 2 May 2019 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 8 May 2019 | ||||||||
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