Paul's Cross and the culture of persuasion in England, 1520-1640 /

By reconstructing the history of sermons preached at Paul's Cross between 1520 and 1640 this collection of essays examines the flourishing 'culture of persuasion' which transformed England's political and religious identities and fostered a nascent public sphere.

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Other Authors: Kirby, W. J. Torrance (Editor), Stanwood, P. G. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Brill, 2014.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions.
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Table of Contents:
  • Paul's Cross and the Culture of Persuasion in England, 1520-1640; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: SITUATING PAUL'S CROSS; 1. Reconstructing St Paul's Cathedral, 1520-1640; 2. Paul's Cross and Nationwide Special Worship, 1533-16421; 3. Virtual Paul's Cross: The Experience of Public Preaching after the Reformation; PART TWO: EARLY TUDOR SERMONS, 1520-1558; 4.'The Tree and the Weed': Bishop John Fisher's Sermons at Paul's Cross; 5. Paul's Cross and the Crisis of the 1530s.
  • 6. Reformation Conflict between Stephen Gardiner and Robert Barnes, Lent 154017. Paul's Cross and the Implementation of Protestant Reforms under Edward VI; 8. Public Conversion: Richard Smyth's 'Retractation' at Paul's Cross in 1547; 9.'Lords and Labourers': Hugh Latimer's Homiletical Hermeneutics; 10. The Style and Logic of James Brooks's 1553 'Reconciliation Sermon'; PART THREE: ELIZABETHAN SERMONS, 1558-1603; 11. The Challenge of Catholicity: John Jewel at Paul's Cross; 12. Paul's Cross and the Dramatic Echoes of Early-Elizabethan Print; 13. Richard Hooker's Paul's Cross Sermon.
  • 14. Edmund Campion in the Shadow of Paul's Cross: The Culture of Disputation15. Thomas Bilson and Anti-Catholicism at Paul's Cross; 16. Queen Elizabeth's Performance at Paul's Cross in 1588; 17. John Copcot, John Whitgift, and Mark Frank: 'Right Cause and Faithful Obedience'; 18. Bancroft versus Penry: Conscience and Authority in Elizabethan Polemics; PART FOUR: JACOBEAN AND CAROLINE SERMONS, 1603-1640; 19. Preaching the Good News: William Barlow Narrates the Fall of Essex and the Gunpowder Plot; 20.'Paul's Work': Repair and Renovation of St Paul's Cathedral, 1561-16251.
  • 21. The Love-sick Spouse: John Stoughton's 1624 Paul's Cross Sermon in Context22. Sermon, Salvation, Space: John Donne's Performative Mode and the Politics of Accommodation; 23. The Paul's Cross Jeremiad and Other Sermons of Exhortation; 24. Lost at Paul's Cross: Unrecorded Sermons; Bibliography; Index.