Westminster Abbey Reformed, 1540–1640. Edited by C. S. Knighton and Richard Mortimer. Pp. xvi + 293. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003. isbn 0 7546 0860 3. £59.95
As Charles Knighton notes in the introduction to this scholarly and informative collection of essays, ‘no other church was affected so frequently’ by what he still calls ‘The Reformation’ (p. 4). 1540 saw the dissolution of the Benedictine abbey, which was succeeded by a chapter of secular clergy, t...
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Format: | Electronic Review |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 755-766 |
Review of: | Westminster Abbey reformed (Aldershot [u.a.] : Ashgate, 2003) (Crankshaw, D. J.)
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Summary: | As Charles Knighton notes in the introduction to this scholarly and informative collection of essays, ‘no other church was affected so frequently’ by what he still calls ‘The Reformation’ (p. 4). 1540 saw the dissolution of the Benedictine abbey, which was succeeded by a chapter of secular clergy, the building becoming the cathedral of the simultaneously created diocese of Westminster, formed from part of the see of London. Only ten years later, the new diocese was dissolved, London reabsorbing the constituent parishes. Oddly, however, the Abbey remained a cathedral—a special Act of Parliament of 1552 declared that it was a secondary cathedral for the Bishop of London. |
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ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli220 |