Collective Lay Support for Late Reformation Preaching in the South Pennines
This article examines how lay people brought preaching of the Word to their locality in early seventeenth-century Yorkshire and Lancashire by acting collectively to build chapels, raise funds for ministers' wages and provide fees and hospitality. A wide cross-section of society was willingly in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2019]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2019, Volume: 70, Issue: 3, Pages: 507-526 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pennines (Süd)
/ Reformation
/ Preacher
/ Support
/ History 1590-1660
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| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation |
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| Summary: | This article examines how lay people brought preaching of the Word to their locality in early seventeenth-century Yorkshire and Lancashire by acting collectively to build chapels, raise funds for ministers' wages and provide fees and hospitality. A wide cross-section of society was willingly involved in this support, suggesting that enthusiasm for sermon-centred worship was not just the preserve of a godly few. It is proposed that this collective behaviour and its rhetorical representation could foster an inclusive sense of local identity. The importance of the personal style and skills of individual preachers in engendering support is also considered. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046918002592 |