CLARE KELLAR
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199266708
- eISBN:
- 9780191708930
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199266708.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that ...
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This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that these methods provide an important insight into the development of self-consciously British calls for reformation in 1559-1560. It discusses that by reinterpreting events from the past, English and Scottish exiles, primarily in Geneva, reached an assurance that their two countries shared a common Protestant destiny. It shows that the extension of this vision to include he kingdom of Ireland demonstrated the ambitious range of their thinking. It adds that in expressing their beliefs, the Genevans exhibited the universal tendency among the exiles to think in apocalyptic terms, offering reproaches, explanations, and exhortations to guide future conduct.Less
This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that these methods provide an important insight into the development of self-consciously British calls for reformation in 1559-1560. It discusses that by reinterpreting events from the past, English and Scottish exiles, primarily in Geneva, reached an assurance that their two countries shared a common Protestant destiny. It shows that the extension of this vision to include he kingdom of Ireland demonstrated the ambitious range of their thinking. It adds that in expressing their beliefs, the Genevans exhibited the universal tendency among the exiles to think in apocalyptic terms, offering reproaches, explanations, and exhortations to guide future conduct.
Tracey Sowerby
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199584635
- eISBN:
- 9780191723162
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584635.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
Sir Richard Morison (c.1513–1556) was an accomplished scholar, propagandist, diplomat, theologian and politician. Based on extensive archival research, this book provides the first full historical ...
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Sir Richard Morison (c.1513–1556) was an accomplished scholar, propagandist, diplomat, theologian and politician. Based on extensive archival research, this book provides the first full historical treatment of Morison, contextualizing him within each of his careers: he is considered as a propagandist, politician, reformer, diplomat and Marian exile. Educated at Oxford and Padua, Morison was a cosmopolitan scholar and owner of an impressive library. His scholarly activities—from poetry to law reform—contribute to our understanding of English humanism. As Henry VIII's most prolific propagandist, Morison constructed theories of English kingship during the crucial years of Henry's Reformation. Yet he was not the servile ‘pet humanist’ of historical commonplace—his polemical tracts offer important new insights into Tudor politics and the English Reformation. Morison was a committed evangelical who adeptly negotiated the vicissitudes of Henry VIII's court. From Thomas Cromwell's client he became an influential political figure: a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and MP in Henry VIII's and Edward VI's reigns. Morison was involved in the English Reformation: in the 1530s he helped draft official doctrinal statements, translated works by leading reformers and composed theological treatises; in the 1540s he served on several Edwardian commissions. Morison's diplomatic career supplies new information on diplomatic training, methodology and culture, and foreign policy, portraying a relatively sophisticated diplomatic corps. In exile, Morison was a more significant figure than previously thought and was at the heart of the exile community in Strasbourg. This book is more than a biography. It is a series of interrelated micro‐studies, each of which makes a substantial contribution to its field.Less
Sir Richard Morison (c.1513–1556) was an accomplished scholar, propagandist, diplomat, theologian and politician. Based on extensive archival research, this book provides the first full historical treatment of Morison, contextualizing him within each of his careers: he is considered as a propagandist, politician, reformer, diplomat and Marian exile. Educated at Oxford and Padua, Morison was a cosmopolitan scholar and owner of an impressive library. His scholarly activities—from poetry to law reform—contribute to our understanding of English humanism. As Henry VIII's most prolific propagandist, Morison constructed theories of English kingship during the crucial years of Henry's Reformation. Yet he was not the servile ‘pet humanist’ of historical commonplace—his polemical tracts offer important new insights into Tudor politics and the English Reformation. Morison was a committed evangelical who adeptly negotiated the vicissitudes of Henry VIII's court. From Thomas Cromwell's client he became an influential political figure: a gentleman of the Privy Chamber and MP in Henry VIII's and Edward VI's reigns. Morison was involved in the English Reformation: in the 1530s he helped draft official doctrinal statements, translated works by leading reformers and composed theological treatises; in the 1540s he served on several Edwardian commissions. Morison's diplomatic career supplies new information on diplomatic training, methodology and culture, and foreign policy, portraying a relatively sophisticated diplomatic corps. In exile, Morison was a more significant figure than previously thought and was at the heart of the exile community in Strasbourg. This book is more than a biography. It is a series of interrelated micro‐studies, each of which makes a substantial contribution to its field.
Noah Dauber
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780691170305
- eISBN:
- 9781400881017
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691170305.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
This chapter examines Sir Thomas Smith's account of political development in the form of a description of the Elizabethan state in his De Republica Anglorum. More specifically, it considers Smith's ...
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This chapter examines Sir Thomas Smith's account of political development in the form of a description of the Elizabethan state in his De Republica Anglorum. More specifically, it considers Smith's suggestion that England was a society of orders of the sort that Carlo Sigonio had described with reference to Rome. It shows how Smith situated the “republic of the English” in a scheme of political development, drawing on Sigonio and the humanist lawyer Ulrich Zasius for background. It also discusses Smith's comparison of the English constitution to a moment of balance during the Roman republic after the curial institutions of the tyrants had faded away, but before the popular party gained the upper hand. Finally, it highlights the difference between Smith's understanding of the commonwealth (respublica) and the Marian exiles' understanding of the state.Less
This chapter examines Sir Thomas Smith's account of political development in the form of a description of the Elizabethan state in his De Republica Anglorum. More specifically, it considers Smith's suggestion that England was a society of orders of the sort that Carlo Sigonio had described with reference to Rome. It shows how Smith situated the “republic of the English” in a scheme of political development, drawing on Sigonio and the humanist lawyer Ulrich Zasius for background. It also discusses Smith's comparison of the English constitution to a moment of balance during the Roman republic after the curial institutions of the tyrants had faded away, but before the popular party gained the upper hand. Finally, it highlights the difference between Smith's understanding of the commonwealth (respublica) and the Marian exiles' understanding of the state.
