Piety, conformity and dissent : religious belief in the deanery of Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1450 to 1603
Reformation studies have been transformed since the ground-breaking research of Eamon Duffy and other revisionists. Medieval religion is now perceived to have been vibrant and popular; the disaffection of the laity with both liturgy and clergy, and their readiness for change, had been over-estimated and the establishment of the Reformed Church more contested. Subsequently, regional studies have demonstrated that the process of religious change and its cultural implications proceeded at different rates, depending on local circumstances. Using primarily unpublished material this regional study explores the evolution of religious belief in Tudor Craven, an area bounded by opposing religious influences. To the west and north lay traditional Lancashire and the North Riding; to the south and east were the emerging manufacturing areas of the West Riding, where religious reform had its earliest adherents. The thesis examines piety prior to the Henrician reforms in a region where monasteries and the religious exercised both economic and spiritual authority, which arguably influenced the motives for Craven's participation in two Tudor rebellions. It explores and considers the response to the oscillating religious reforms:
Spence, Marian Elizabeth Victoria
Piety, conformity and dissent : religious belief in the deanery of Craven, West Riding of Yorkshire, from 1450 to 1603. Reformation studies have been transformed since the ground-breaking research of Eamon Duffy and other revisionists. Medieval religion is now perceived to have been vibrant and popular; the disaffection of the laity with both liturgy and clergy, and their readiness for change, had been over-estimated and the establishment of the Reformed Church more contested. Subsequently, regional studies have demonstrated that the process of religious change and its cultural implications proceeded at different rates, depending on local circumstances. Using primarily unpublished material this regional study explores the evolution of religious belief in Tudor Craven, an area bounded by opposing religious influences. To the west and north lay traditional Lancashire and the North Riding; to the south and east were the emerging manufacturing areas of the West Riding, where religious reform had its earliest adherents. The thesis examines piety prior to the Henrician reforms in a region where monasteries and the religious exercised both economic and spiritual authority, which arguably influenced the motives for Craven's participation in two Tudor rebellions. It explores and considers the response to the oscillating religious reforms:
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