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The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520 1725

by Margaret Spufford

  • Paperback
  • 480 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

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For historians and enthusiasts of rural religious studies

Clarifies misconceptions about religious participation levels

You will gain insights into the social dynamics of belief

This book explores the diverse religious practices of rural dissenters between 1520 and 1725.

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There has been dispute amongst social historians about whether only the more prosperous in village society were involved in religious practice. A group of historians working under Dr Spufford's direction have produced a factual solution to this dispute by examining the taxation records of large groups of dissenters and churchwardens, and have established that both late Lollard and post-Restoration dissenting belief crossed the whole taxable spectrum. We can no longer speak of religion as being the prerogative of either 'weavers and threshers' or, on the other hand, of village elites. In her own substantial chapter Dr Spufford draws together the mosaic constructed by the contributors, adds radical ideas of her own, and disagrees with much of the prevailing wisdom on the function of religion in the late seventeenth century. Professor Patrick Collinson has contributed a critical conclusion to the volume.
The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520 1725 and The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520-1725
The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520-1725The World of Rural Dissenters, 1520 1725

  • Author

    Margaret Spufford

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Cambridge University Press

  • Published

    January 2012

  • Weight

    700g

  • Page Count

    480

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781107403789

  • ISBN-10

    1107403782

  • Eden Code

    4018435

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