Main entry:

Walsham, Alexandra, 1966-

Title & Author:

The reformation of the landscape : religion, identity, and memory in early modern Britain and Ireland / Alexandra Walsham.

Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.

Description:

xvi, 637 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Bibliography of primary sources": pages 568-605.
Loca sacra : religion and the landscape before the Reformation. Shrines and sanctuaries : the sacred geography of paganism ; Footprints of the saints : the Christianization of the landscape ; Miracles and pilgrims : the Later Middle Ages ; The delusion of the people : the struggle against superstition -- Idols in the landscape : the impact of Protestant Reformation. A teacher of lies : the theological assault upon sacred landscapes ; Removing stumbling blocks : iconoclasm, official and clandestine ; Wars against the idols : the civil wars and later phases of the Long Reformation ; Remembrancers of the Reformation : desecrated places -- Britannia sancta : Catholicism, Counter-Reformation, and the landscape. Spiritual medicine for heretical poison : pilgrimage as confessional polemic ; Bare ruined choirs and mass rocks : Catholic piety and the landscape ; Islands of the saints : missionaries, laypeople, and the revival of medieval holy places ; The very stones would cry out : martyrs and the making of a new geography of the sacred -- The religious regeneration of the landscape : ritual, rehabilitation, and renewal. Gadding to sermons and creeping in corners : Lollards and Protestants in the landscape ; Beating the bounds and the beauty of holiness : liturgical rites, Laudianism, and the resacralization of space ; The chief blemish of the Reformation : monastic ruins, sacrilege, and the reassessment of the medieval past ; Monuments, fountains, and follies : archaeology, architecture, and gardening -- God's great book in folio : providence, science, and the natural environment. The wonder workmanship of the world : creation and providence ; Extraordinary preachers : prodigious nature and catastrophic events ; Britannia Baconica : religion and natural history ; The sacred theory of the Earth : physico-theology -- Therapeutic waters : religion, medicine, and the landscape. Reforming the waters : from holy wells to healing springs? ; New found spaws : chemical testing, cold bathing, and commercialization ; The largess of heaven : medicine and piety at the watering places ; Errours of the people in matter of physick : wells beyond the medical mainstream -- Invented traditions : legend, custom, and memory. Popish survivals : miracles, monks, and saints ; Reformed fables : divine judgements and the devil's exploits ; Protestant traditions : persecution, patriotism, and rites of purification ; Innocent pastimes : ritual, recreation, and pilgrimage in the post-Reformation.
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Dust jacket.

Summary:

'The Reformation of the Landscape' is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

ISBN:

9780199243556 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
0199243557 (hbk. ; alk. paper)
9780199654383 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0199654387 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subject:

Reformation Great Britain.
Reformation Ireland.
Landscapes Religious aspects.
Landscapes Ireland.
Landscapes Great Britain.
Christianity.
Medicine Religious aspects.
Hot springs.
Balneology.
Medicine History 17th century.
Medicine History 18th century.
Religion and Medicine
Environment
Hot Springs
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
Réforme (Christianisme) Grande-Bretagne.
Réforme (Christianisme) Irlande.
Paysages Irlande.
Paysages Grande-Bretagne.
Christianisme.
Médecine Aspect religieux.
Sources thermales.
Balnéologie.
Médecine Histoire 16e siècle.
Médecine Histoire 17e siècle.
Médecine Histoire 18e siècle.
Religion.
Intellectual life.
Landscapes.
Reformation.
Religionsgeografie
Landschaftsentwicklung
Religiöser Wandel
Religionsgeographie.
Landscape Religious aspects.
Landscape Ireland.
Landscape Great Britain.
Reformationen historia Storbritannien.
Landskap religiösa aspekter historia Storbritannien.
Great Britain Intellectual life 16th century.
Ireland Intellectual life 16th century.
Ireland.
United Kingdom
Grande-Bretagne Vie intellectuelle 16e siècle.
Irlande Vie intellectuelle 16e siècle.
Irlande.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Irland

Holdings:

Location: Library main 274606
Call No.: BIB 208428
Status: Available