Broken Idols of the English Reformation


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Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She shows that destruction was part of a methodology of religious revolution designed to change people as well as places and to forge in the long term new generations of new believers. Beyond blanked walls and whited windows were beliefs and minds impregnated by new modes of religious learning. Idol-breaking with its emphasis on the treacheries of images fundamentally transformed not only Anglican ways of worship but also of seeing, hearing and remembering.




The History of Romanism


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This riveting history of Roman Catholicism traces its origins from the earliest days of Christianity until the mid-19th century, exploring the corruption and abuses of power that led to the Protestant Reformation. Dowling's analysis sheds light on the lasting influence of Roman Catholicism on Western civilization. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.







The Land-war in Ireland


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The Autobiography of Mrs. Alice Thornton, of East Newton, Co. York


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The candid and detailed autobiography of a sixteenth-century middle-class woman was first published in 1873.




Dialogue Between a Popish Priest and an English Protestant


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Excerpt from Dialogue Between a Popish Priest and an English Protestant: Wherein the Principal Points and Arguments of Both Religions Are Truly Proposed, and Fully Examined The controversies between your church and ours ara, by God's blessing upon the endeav ours of his ministers, brought to this pass, that I am persuaded there is nothing wanting to the conviction of divers of you, but a free and diligent perusal of their books, Without pre judice and partiality. This your priests know ing, it is their great design to keep you from looking into them; and to that end to possess you With this principle, that you need not trouble yourselves to inquire into books; you are safe enough so long as you believe as the church believes and follow the guidance of your priests and fathers. If this be an error, ' it is a dangerous one, and may prove damna ble. That it is so, and that it Will prove but a broken reed When you lean upon it, I hope you Will see there 18 reason to believe, if you Will but do your souls that justice not pro digally to cast them away upon blind and wilful mistakes, and take the pains to read these ensuing lines. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.