The Laudians and the Elizabethan Church
History, Conformity and Religious Identity in Post-Reformation England
Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World: 8
Calvin Lane
| 256pp: 234x156mm: February 2013
HB 978 1 84893 351 4: £60/$99 |
'In this careful and incisive study of liturgical reform in the mid to late seventeenth-century Church of England, Lane examines the uses that Anglican divines made of Elizabethan precedents, and in so doing reveals a nostalgia for practices from an era that was both recent and yet quite remote.'
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Notions of religious conformity in England were redefined during the mid-seventeenth century; for many it was as though the previous century's reformation was being reversed. Lane considers how a select group of churchmen – the Laudians – reshaped the meaning of church conformity during a period of religious and political turmoil. He emphasizes the Laudians' use of history in their arguments, particularly their creative appeal to common sensibilities about the reign of Elizabeth I as a 'Golden Age'. This book assesses the way historical claims functioned within the discourse of religious and political legitimacy in early modern England.
1 Peter Smart and Old Style Conformity
2 Semper Eadem: The Laudian Clergy and Historical Polemic during the Personal Rule
3 Articles, Speeches and Fallen Bishops: Historical Arguments in the 1630s and 1640s
4 ‘Our Reformation’: Laudian Uses of History during the Interregnum and Restoration
5 Peter Heylyn and the Politics of History in Restoration England
Conclusion: History, Polemic and the Laudian Redefinition of Conformity
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'In this careful and incisive study of liturgical reform in the mid to late seventeenth-century Church of England, Lane examines the uses that Anglican divines made of Elizabethan precedents, and in so doing reveals a nostalgia for practices from an era that was both recent and yet quite remote.'
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