Publisher's Synopsis
This series of six original studies by Andrew Pettegree turns the spotlight on one of the most traumatic episodes of English Protestantism: the period of the Catholic restoration under Mary Tudor. Most recent scholarship has stressed the considerable success enjoyed by the Marian regime in re-establishing traditional religion in England. These studies argue, in contrast, for the continued vitality of English Protestantism during these years: that the Protestant tradition created during the brief reign of Edward VI in fact proved to be unexpectedly resilient. - - This book explores various aspects of this survival under Mary. Exiles, martyrs and conformists are all here considered as part of a rich and varied testimony to the strides that the evangelical cause had made in England in the previous two decades, culminating in the bold reforming experiment of the reign of Edward VI. The concluding chapters offer a reinterpretation of the events leading to the emergence of a new Protestant church in the Elizabethan settlement of religion, and justify a more generous assessment of the achievement of early English Protestantism. -
