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Printing, Power, and Piety
Appeals to the Public during the Early Years of the English Reformation
Series: - Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions, Volume: 162
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This project examines the important implications of printed vernacular appeals to a nascent public by the reformer William Tyndale, by religious conservatives such as Thomas More, and by Henry VIIIâs regime in the volatile early years of the English Reformation. The book explores the nature of this public (materially and as a discursive concept) and the various ways in which Tyndale provoked and justified public discussion of the central religious issues of his day. Tyndaleâs writings raised important issues of authority and legitimacy and challenged many of the traditional notions of hierarchy at the heart of early modern European society. This study analyzes how this challenge manifested itself in Tyndaleâs ecclesiology and his political theology.
Brad C. Pardue, Ph.D. (2010) in History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is a Lecturer in History at the University of Tennessee, where he teaches the Western Civilization survey, as well as courses on the Reformation and Early Modern Europe.
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Acknowledgments
Chapter One: William Tyndale and Early Modern Appeals to the Public during the English Reformation
I. New Appeals to the Public between 1525 and 1535
II. Publics, Publicness, and the Public Sphere
III. The Role of Printing and Vernacularization
1. Printing
2. Vernacularization
IV. The Legacy of Tyndaleâs Translations and Theology
V. The Structure of the Following Study
Chapter Two: â[T]he very brest of all this batayle . . . the questyon whyche is the chyrcheâ: The Conflicting Ecclesiologies of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. Spirituality and Temporality: Two Estates or Two Regiments?
II. More and Tyndale on the Church, Scripture, and Religious Authority
1. Thomas Moreâs Understanding of the Church
2. William Tyndaleâs Understanding of the Church
3. The âpure worde of godâ or âvnwritten veritiesâ: Scripture and Tradition as Competing Sources of Authority
III. Conclusion: Tensions in Moreâs and Tyndaleâs Positions and the Implications of their Ecclesiologies
Chapter Three: Implications of Media: How Vernacularization and Printing Shaped the Content and Reception of the Writings of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. The Battle of Ideas in the Theater of Material Production
II. Readers of Reformist Literature
III. Printing and Circulation
IV. Additional Implications of the Medium of Print
V. Conclusion
Chapter Four: Thomas More and Henry VIII at Cross-Purposes
I. The English Situation in Early 1532: More's Confutation Preface
II. Safe Conducts for English Reformers
1. Simon Fish and the Supplication of the Beggars
2. Stephen Vaughn's Mission to the Reformers in 1531
Chapter Five: William Tyndale, Henry VIII, and the Royal Supremacy
I. Henry VIII: âDefender of the Faithâ and âSupreme Head of the Church of Englandâ
II. Tyndale on the King and the Two Regiments
1. Kings in the Temporal Regiment
2. Kings in the Spiritual Regiment
III. The Royal Supremacy and Henrician Propaganda in the 1530s
Conclusion: Tyndale's Enduring Legacy
I. The Great Bible Woodcut of 1539
II. Cranmer's Great Bible Preface
III. The Religious and Political Legacies of Tyndaleâs Thought
Afterword
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: William Tyndale and Early Modern Appeals to the Public during the English Reformation
I. New Appeals to the Public between 1525 and 1535
II. Publics, Publicness, and the Public Sphere
III. The Role of Printing and Vernacularization
1. Printing
2. Vernacularization
IV. The Legacy of Tyndaleâs Translations and Theology
V. The Structure of the Following Study
Chapter Two: â[T]he very brest of all this batayle . . . the questyon whyche is the chyrcheâ: The Conflicting Ecclesiologies of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. Spirituality and Temporality: Two Estates or Two Regiments?
II. More and Tyndale on the Church, Scripture, and Religious Authority
1. Thomas Moreâs Understanding of the Church
2. William Tyndaleâs Understanding of the Church
3. The âpure worde of godâ or âvnwritten veritiesâ: Scripture and Tradition as Competing Sources of Authority
III. Conclusion: Tensions in Moreâs and Tyndaleâs Positions and the Implications of their Ecclesiologies
Chapter Three: Implications of Media: How Vernacularization and Printing Shaped the Content and Reception of the Writings of William Tyndale and Thomas More
I. The Battle of Ideas in the Theater of Material Production
II. Readers of Reformist Literature
III. Printing and Circulation
IV. Additional Implications of the Medium of Print
V. Conclusion
Chapter Four: Thomas More and Henry VIII at Cross-Purposes
I. The English Situation in Early 1532: More's Confutation Preface
II. Safe Conducts for English Reformers
1. Simon Fish and the Supplication of the Beggars
2. Stephen Vaughn's Mission to the Reformers in 1531
Chapter Five: William Tyndale, Henry VIII, and the Royal Supremacy
I. Henry VIII: âDefender of the Faithâ and âSupreme Head of the Church of Englandâ
II. Tyndale on the King and the Two Regiments
1. Kings in the Temporal Regiment
2. Kings in the Spiritual Regiment
III. The Royal Supremacy and Henrician Propaganda in the 1530s
Conclusion: Tyndale's Enduring Legacy
I. The Great Bible Woodcut of 1539
II. Cranmer's Great Bible Preface
III. The Religious and Political Legacies of Tyndaleâs Thought
Afterword
Bibliography
All those interested in the English Reformation, early modern political thought, print culture, and the public sphere.