Printing, Power, and Piety

Appeals to the Public During the Early Years of the English Reformation
Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-23205-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 162, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 522 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

This project examines the important implications of printed vernacular appeals to a nascent public by the reformer William Tyndale, by religious conservatives such as Thomas More, and by Henry VIII’s regime in the volatile early years of the English Reformation. The book explores the nature of this public (materially and as a discursive concept) and the various ways in which Tyndale provoked and justified public discussion of the central religious issues of his day. Tyndale’s writings raised important issues of authority and legitimacy and challenged many of the traditional notions of hierarchy at the heart of early modern European society. This study analyzes how this challenge manifested itself in Tyndale’s ecclesiology and his political theology.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the English Reformation, early modern political thought, print culture, and the public sphere.

Autoren/Hrsg.

C Pardue, Brad

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: William Tyndale and Early Modern Appeals to the Public during the English Reformation
I. New Appeals to the Public between 1525 and 1535
II. Publics, Publicness, and the Public Sphere
III. The Role of Printing and Vernacularization
1. Printing
2. Vernacularization
IV. The Legacy of Tyndale’s Translations and Theology
V. The Structure of the Following Study
Chapter Two: “[T]he very brest of all this batayle. the questyon whyche is the chyrche”: The Conflicting Ecclesiologies of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. Spirituality and Temporality: Two Estates or Two Regiments?
II. More and Tyndale on the Church, Scripture, and Religious Authority
1. Thomas More’s Understanding of the Church
2. William Tyndale’s Understanding of the Church
3. The “pure worde of god” or “vnwritten verities”: Scripture and Tradition as Competing Sources of Authority
III. Conclusion: Tensions in More’s and Tyndale’s Positions and the Implications of their Ecclesiologies
Chapter Three: Implications of Media: How Vernacularization and Printing Shaped the Content and Reception of the Writings of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. The Battle of Ideas in the Theater of Material Production
II. Readers of Reformist Literature
III. Printing and Circulation
IV. Additional Implications of the Medium of Print
V. Conclusion
Chapter Four: Thomas More and Henry VIII at Cross-Purposes
I. The English Situation in Early 1532: More's Confutation Preface
II. Safe Conducts for English Reformers
1. Simon Fish and the Supplication of the Beggars
2. Stephen Vaughn's Mission to the Reformers in 1531
Chapter Five: William Tyndale, Henry VIII, and the Royal Supremacy
I. Henry VIII: “Defender of the Faith” and “Supreme Head of the Church of England”
II. Tyndale on the King and the Two Regiments
1. Kings in the Temporal Regiment
2. Kings in the Spiritual Regiment
III. The Royal Supremacy and Henrician Propaganda in the 1530s
Conclusion: Tyndale's Enduring Legacy
I. The Great Bible Woodcut of 1539
II. Cranmer's Great Bible Preface
III. The Religious and Political Legacies of Tyndale’s Thought
Afterword
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

C Pardue, Brad
Brad C. Pardue, Ph.D. (2010) in History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a Lecturer in History at the University of Tennessee, where he teaches the Western Civilization survey, as well as courses on the Reformation and Early Modern Europe.

Brad C. Pardue, Ph.D. (2010) in History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a Lecturer in History at the University of Tennessee, where he teaches the Western Civilization survey, as well as courses on the Reformation and Early Modern Europe.