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Oaths and the English Reformation

Oaths and the English Reformation

Author: Jonathan Michael Gray
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781316635575

Published In: February 2017
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781107018020

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The practice of swearing oaths was at the centre of the English Reformation. On the one hand, oaths were the medium through which the Henrician regime implemented its ideology and secured loyalty among the people. On the other, they were the tool by which the English people embraced, resisted and manipulated royal policy.

Jonathan Michael Gray argues that since the Reformation was negotiated through oaths, their precise significance and function are central to understanding it fully. Oaths and the English Reformation sheds new light on the motivation of Henry VIII, the enforcement of and resistance to reform and the extent of popular participation and negotiation in the political process. Placing oaths at the heart of the narrative, this book argues that the English Reformation was determined as much by its method of implementation and response as it was by the theology or political theory it transmitted.

Extensive and diverse archival research in multiple languages gives the reader access to previously inaccessible and unknown sources
Explores the historical, political, theological and cultural dimensions of oath taking
Places the oath - as opposed to a person, movement or set of ideas – as the protagonist in the story of the Henrician Reformation

Acknowledgements

Notes on the text

List of abbreviations

Introduction

1. The theoretical basis of swearing oaths

2. Oaths, subscriptions, and the implementation of the Parliamentary reforms of 1534

3. The origin and motivation of the Henrician professions

4. Responses to the oaths of succession and supremacy

5. Oaths and the pilgrimage of grace

6. Oaths, evangelicals, and heresy prosecution

Conclusion

Appendix A. The oaths of a bishop-elect to the Pope