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Format: Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 299
Utgivningsdatum: 1996-12-01
Förlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Dimensioner: 210 x 148 x 25 mm
Antal komponenter: 1
ISSN: 1074-6749
ISBN: 9780820430591

Between 1535 and 1558, Bishops Gardiner, Tunstal, and Bonner, the theologian Richard Smith, the layman Miles Huggarde, and other traditionalists mounted a spirited defense of Catholic teaching. Ellen Macek's The Loyal Opposition breaks new ground by analyzing the intellectual and theological basis of their polemics on the key issues of justification and the Eucharist. It demonstrates how they drew upon a blend of scholastic and humanistic elements to oppose religious innovation while simultaneously submitting to the schism with Rome. In conclusion, it reassesses the fatal weaknesses and enduring contributions of their position.

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Macek has written a perceptive study of an important aspect of sixteenth-century English history. She has dealt with a complex and many-faceted topic yet has presented the material clearly and lucidly. The result is a major contribution to Tudor ecclesiastical history. (Cecile Zinberg, The Sixteenth Century Journal)

The Author: Ellen A. Macek is an instructor in the History Department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in History from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and has published articles on late medieval and early modern spirituality and the English Reformation era.