Produktdetaljer
This is a very good book. Well written, judicious, thoroughly researched, with generous acknowledgements to the work of others in the field, the book might be thought to be a work of synthesis. It is in fact much more. It brings a new perspective to the on-going debate on the English Reformation, tells the reader much that is new on the doctrinal shifts that took place, and places it all in the context of social and cultural movement.
theological book review
This is a book that is a pleasure to read and will appeal to many a general reader who is tempted to pick it up; its style is accessible, its argument clear. It goes without saying that is has much to teach undergraduates, graduates and even teachers of the English Reformation.
theological book review
... its implications go far beyond the circumscribed academic field of "death studies", and it will be essential reading for all students of the social and cultural history of the Reformation.
Arnold Hunt, Times Literary Supplement
... intricately structured and carefully researched ... Marshall is remorselessly honest and eclectic in his choice of examples, and the result is a fascinating web of intersecting themes and personalities. There is already a large literature on this subject, but this is the overview which we have needed to make sense of the bewildering detail.
Archive for Reformation History
How people in early modern England thought they could relate to the dead is the subject of Peter Marshall's insightful and luminously written Beliefs and the Dead in Reformation England.
The Way
... excellent ... valuable addition to the literature ... Marshall's book is the study of a central theme of peoples' lives in medieval England and how they coped with its disappearance. This elevates his book in importance and places it in the category of one of the most important books in religious history to have been written in the last two decades. It will be an indispensable book for students of the Reformation and for the religious life of England after the Reformation.
H-Albion
An admirable treatment of a neglected subject ... This is a book with a wide compass and a wealth of interesting topics ... the research is exhaustive, the writing clear and attractive, and the judgements wise.
Church Times
masterly scholarship and measured judgement.
Folk Life, Volume 44