Remembrance in a Gentry Family, ca. 1534-92

Despite the growing acceptance of the notion of a "long" Reformation, studies of the cult of remembrance continue to use the Reformation, and the abolition of purgatory in particular, as a convenient boundary for study. The evidence of the Cave family of Stanford-on-Avon suggests that, alt...

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Main Author: Allard, Jonathan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, Inc. 2022
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2022, Volume: 53, Issue: 2, Pages: 305-329
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Sepulchral monuments
B GENTRY
B Sixteenth Century
B Purgatory
B Families
B Reformation
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Summary:Despite the growing acceptance of the notion of a "long" Reformation, studies of the cult of remembrance continue to use the Reformation, and the abolition of purgatory in particular, as a convenient boundary for study. The evidence of the Cave family of Stanford-on-Avon suggests that, although disorientating, the doctrinal change of the mid-sixteenth century was not necessarily a moment of breach in the community of the living and the dead. In studying the range of commemorative practices within one family, the retention and renegotiation of traditional practices becomes clear. Alongside the lingering significance of the temporal framework of intercession, the Caves relied upon domestic goods, with reformed households continuing to honor mementos associated with traditional religion. Throughout the Reformation period, funeral monuments emphasized the significance of the corpse in remembrance, while testators sought to fashion select communities of remembrance that would ensure the survival of their memory.
ISSN:2326-0726
Contains:Enthalten in: The sixteenth century journal