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POLITICS AND THE PAUL'S CROSS SERMONS, 1558-1642
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By: |
Mary Morrissey |
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Hardback |

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ISBN 10: |
0199571767 |
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9780199571765 |
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OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
15 June, 2011 |
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272 |
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English Reformation culture centred on 'the word preached'. Throughout this period, the most important public pulpit was Paul's Cross, located in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral. This book provides a detailed history of the Paul's Cross sermons, exploring how they were delivered and the tensions between the authorities who controlled them. |
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Scholars do not contest that English Reformation culture centred on 'the word preached'; that before the advent of newsbooks, sermons were the primary means available for shaping public opinion; or that the sermons of men like Lancelot Andrewes and John Donne were valued as literary works of the highest order. Throughout the Reformation period, England's most important public pulpit was Paul's Cross, which stood in the churchyard of St Paul's Cathedral in London. Politics and the Paul's Cross Sermons, 1558-1642 provides a detailed history of the Paul's Cross sermons from the reign of Elizabeth I until the destruction of the pulpit under Charles I. It explains the arrangement for the sermons' delivery and the tensions between the different authorities (the royal government, the bishops of London, and the Corporation of London) who controlled them. The increasing role that the Paul's Cross sermons played in London's civic culture after the Reformation is discussed, and an account is given of the narrowing of the sermons' audience in the years preceding the English Civil War.The book explores early modern English homiletics, so that preachers' adaptation of sermon genres to suit sermons on religious controversies or on political anniversaries (such as 5 November) can be described. The relationship between the different textual forms in which sermons are preserved is also considered. |
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UK |
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Oxford University Press |
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