Mischievous Information: Apostasy, Rituals of Telling, and the Sixteenth-Century Family of Love
The Family of Love met with considerable controversy in Elizabethan England. This article examines a series of confessions given by members and ex-members of the group before Protestant authorities. Such testimonies are less straightforward than they seem. Specifically, Familists and their opponents...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
|
| In: |
Church history
Year: 2018, Volume: 87, Issue: 3, Pages: 740-767 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
England
/ Protestantism
/ Familists
/ Confession of faith
/ Polemics
/ History 1550-1580
|
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church KDH Christian sects |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The Family of Love met with considerable controversy in Elizabethan England. This article examines a series of confessions given by members and ex-members of the group before Protestant authorities. Such testimonies are less straightforward than they seem. Specifically, Familists and their opponents used confessions as an opportunity to refine their religious identities. Both sides fought to establish themselves as simple, transparent Christians even as they indulged in the twists and turns of sixteenth-century polemics. Rather than dismissing such sources as distortions, this article explores the ideological diversity that results from the attempt to derive meaning from hostile attention. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1755-2613 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Church history
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0009640718001567 |