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Godliness and governance in Tudor Colchester /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgs, Laquita M., 1937-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1998]
Series:Studies in medieval and early modern civilization.
Subjects:
Colchester (England) > Politics and government.
Great Britain > History > Tudors, 1485-1603.
Colchester (England) > Church history.
Table of Contents:
  • The governing structure
  • Governance facing outward: lords, lawyers, and influence
  • The institutional Church and its clergy on the eve of the Reformation
  • Traditional lay piety and Lollardy, a potent mixture
  • The Henrician Reformation, 1529-47
  • The reigns of Edward and Mary and the evidence of wills
  • Defenders of the faith, 1558-62
  • The Church and the laity, 1562-75
  • Tightening the reins of governance, 1575-80
  • Tightening the reins on behavior, 1575-80
  • Master Northey and religion in Colchester, 1580-93
  • At the height of godly governance
  • A new generation
  • Appendix 1. Officers of the Borough of Colchester
  • Appendix 2. The aldermen of Tudor Colchester
  • Appendix 3. Town clerks, recorders, and members of Parliament in Tudor Colchester
  • Appendix 4. The de Veres, the Earls of Oxford in the Tudor period
  • Appendix 5. Parish churches
  • Appendix 6. Parish priests, ministers, and curates
  • Appendix 7. Perpetual chantries in Colchester
  • Appendix 8. Survey of Colchester ministers, mid-1580s
  • Bibliography
  • Index.