The Scripture moveth us in sundry places framing biblical emotions in the Book of Common Prayer and the Homilies
In 1549, when theBook of Common Prayerwas first published, the people of the West Country rose up against it. ‘We will not receive the new service’, they protested to the young Edward VI, ‘because it is but like a Christmas game’.¹ Seven thousand Cornish rebels were prepared to fight and to die for...
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Published in | The Renaissance of emotion p. 45 |
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Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
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Manchester University Press
01.07.2015
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Summary: | In 1549, when theBook of Common Prayerwas first published, the people of the West Country rose up against it. ‘We will not receive the new service’, they protested to the young Edward VI, ‘because it is but like a Christmas game’.¹ Seven thousand Cornish rebels were prepared to fight and to die for this conviction. But less than a century later, on the eve of the Civil War, the people of Cornwall issued another set of demands to another king. This time, they petitioned Charles I in near bibliolatrous terms ‘to eternize (as far as in you lies) |
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ISBN: | 9780719090783 0719090784 |