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Margaret Aston - England's Iconoclasts: Volume 1: Laws Against Images (England's Iconoclasts Vol. 1) - 9780198224389 - KSK0000672
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England's Iconoclasts: Volume 1: Laws Against Images (England's Iconoclasts Vol. 1)

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Description for England's Iconoclasts: Volume 1: Laws Against Images (England's Iconoclasts Vol. 1) hardcover. A study of the enormous religious reversal that England experienced as the avoidance of idolatry became a priority of the Reformation. This work covers the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Num Pages: 560 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 38. Weight in Grams: 800. Volume I. only. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
This is a study of the enormous religious reversal that England experienced as the avoidance of idolatry became a priority of the Reformation. Opposition to church images was a feature of English life from Wyclif to Oliver Cromwell. It was an aspect of reform that affected all believers, from theologians who wrote so massively on the topic of idolatry, to parishioners who were taught to reject idols and whose churches were denuded of colour and ornament. The phenomenon of iconoclasm cannot be understood except through the developments in theology brought about by sixteenth-century reformers. Both divine and secular laws ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198224389
SKU
KSK0000672
Shipping Time
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Reviews for England's Iconoclasts: Volume 1: Laws Against Images (England's Iconoclasts Vol. 1)
'With great learning and understanding Margaret Aston explains the attempts to persuade the English people that the holy could not be served by art ... This book's importance in making comprehensible so traumatic a conversion can hardly be exaggerated.' Susan Brigden, Lincoln College, Oxford Times Higher Educational Supplement 'Laws against Images lays the groundwork for what will certainly be ... Read more

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