Religion and Drama in Early Modern England: The performance of religion on the Renaissance stage.
DEGENHARDT, Jane Hwang, Elizabeth Williamson (editors). 2011 “Focusing on the plays of Shakespeare as well as a range of other playwrights, individual essays explore the material conditions of performance, the intricate resonances between dramatic performance and religious ceremonies, and the multiple valences of religious references in early modern plays.”
English Reformation.
DICKENS, A.G. 1966 (1964) The second edition. Dickens traces the Reformation to its late medieval roots, through to the Elizabethan Settlement and the rise of puritanism.
Stripping of the Altars: Traditional religion in England, c.1400-c.1580.
DUFFY, Eamon. 2005 Duffy argues that the Catholic Church in England was rich and vibrant and the the Reformation was a violent – and, for many, unwelcome – disruption of hallowed traditions.
Errors, False Opinions and Defective Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
FAINI, Marco, and Marco Sgarbi (editors). 2023 This book explores the efforts at establishing religious, political, and scientific orthodoxy made by philosophers, doctors, philologists, scientists and theologians during the early modern period. Ranging geographically from Italy to France, England, and Germany, the articles gathered here provide stimulating glimpses into one of the most controversial […]
Early Modern Digital Review
FREEBURY-JONES, Darren, and Isabella Magni (editors). 2018- Refereed journal publishing reviews of digital projects related to early modern society and culture, evaluating established digital resources and recent tools and projects.
Witchfinders: A Seventeenth-Century English Tragedy.
GASKILL, Malcolm. 2007 A detailed account of the activities of Matthew Hopkins and John Stearne.
What was the Gunpowder Plot? The traditional story tested by original evidence.
GERARD, John. 1897 A Catholic perspective. Gerard argues that, rather than it being a genuine conspiracy by religious extremists. the plot was manipulated – or even instigated – by Robert Cecil, King James I’s chief minister, as a means to justify the persecution of Catholics and consolidate his own power.
Literary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics: from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time. Volume 2 (Dacre to Gradwell).
GILLOW, Joseph 1885-1902 Gillow’s Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics is a monumental five-volume work that provides biographical details on English Catholics from the Reformation period, making it an invaluable resource for researching Catholic family histories and the history of Catholicism in England during the penal times.
Literary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics: from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time. Volume 3 (Graham to Kemble).
GILLOW, Joseph 1885-1902 Gillow’s Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics is a monumental five-volume work that provides biographical details on English Catholics from the Reformation period, making it an invaluable resource for researching Catholic family histories and the history of Catholicism in England during the penal times.
Literary and Biographical History, or Bibliographical Dictionary, of the English Catholics: from the breach with Rome, in 1534, to the present time. Volume 4 (Kemeys to Metham).
GILLOW, Joseph 1885-1902 Gillow’s Bibliographical Dictionary of the English Catholics is a monumental five-volume work that provides biographical details on English Catholics from the Reformation period, making it an invaluable resource for researching Catholic family histories and the history of Catholicism in England during the penal times.