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The plain man's pathways to heaven : kinds of Christianity in post-Reformation England, 1570-1640 /

A lively account of popular religion in England under Elizabeth I and the early Stuarts, a time when everyone had to go to church and almost everyone was religious to some extent. The book deals with the religious beliefs and practices of ordinary people - mainly by quoting their actual words. - ;Wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haigh, Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction : the plain man in characters and court books
  • 'Theologus, a divine' : the preacher and his people
  • The preacher and his people
  • Theologus : pastor of a flock
  • 'Asunetus, an ignorant man' : knowledge and neglect
  • Asunetus : ignorance is bliss
  • Asunetus : why all the fuss?
  • 'Philagathus, an honest man' : the professors and the profane
  • Philagathus : godly living
  • Philagathus : the godly and the rest
  • 'Antilegon, a caviller' : liberty and laughter
  • Antilegon : attitudes to authority
  • Antilegon : scoffing at the sacred
  • Popery and other enemies
  • The papist : outside the church, inside the community
  • Enemies of the godly
  • Conclusion : pathways to heaven.