Printing, Power, and Piety
Author | : Brad C. Pardue |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2012-08-27 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789004232068 |
ISBN-13 | : 9004232060 |
Rating | : 4/5 (060 Downloads) |
Download or read book Printing, Power, and Piety written by Brad C. Pardue and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-27 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This project examines the important implications of printed vernacular appeals to a nascent public by the reformer William Tyndale, by religious conservatives such as Thomas More, and by Henry VIII’s regime in the volatile early years of the English Reformation. The book explores the nature of this public (materially and as a discursive concept) and the various ways in which Tyndale provoked and justified public discussion of the central religious issues of his day. Tyndale’s writings raised important issues of authority and legitimacy and challenged many of the traditional notions of hierarchy at the heart of early modern European society. This study analyzes how this challenge manifested itself in Tyndale’s ecclesiology and his political theology.