The Reformation of the Landscape: Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern

Description: The Reformation of the Landscape by Alexandra Walsham 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. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. It explores how the profound theological and liturgical transformations that marked the era between 1500 and 1750 both shaped, and were in turn shaped by, the places and spaces within the physical environment in which they occurred. Movingbeyond churches, cathedrals, and monasteries, it investigates how the Protestant and Catholic Reformations affected perceptions and practices associated with trees, woods, springs, rocks, mountain peaks,prehistoric monuments, and other distinctive topographical features of the British Isles. Drawing on extensive research and embracing insights from a range of disciplines, Alexandra Walsham examines the origins, immediate consequences, and later repercussions of these movements of religious renewal, together with the complex but decisive modifications of belief and behaviour to which they gave rise. It demonstrates how ecclesiastical developments intersected with otherintellectual and cultural trends, including the growth of antiquarianism and the spread of the artistic and architectural Renaissance, the emergence of empirical science and shifting fashions within thespheres of medicine and healing. Set within a chronological framework that stretches backwards towards the early Middle Ages and forwards into the nineteenth century, the book assesses the critical part played by the landscape in forging confessional identities and in reconfiguring collective and social memory. It illuminates the ways in which the visible world was understood and employed by the diverse religious communities that occupied the British Isles, and shows how it became abattleground in which bitter struggles about the significance of the Christian and pagan past were waged. Author Biography Alexandra Walsham was educated at the Universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. After completing her doctorate, she held a research fellowship at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, prior to her appointment as Lecturer in History at the University of Exeter in 1996. Until recently she was Professor of Reformation History and Head of Department at Exeter. In September 2010 she took up the post of Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge. She is a fellow ofTrinity College and of the British Academy. Table of Contents Introduction1: Loca Sacra: Religion and the Landscape before the Reformation2: Idols in the Landscape: The Impact of Protestant Reform3: Britannia Sancta: Catholicism, Counter Reformation, and the Landscape4: The Religious Regeneration of the Landscape: Ritual, Rehabilitation, and Renewal5: Gods Great Book in Folio: Providence, Science, and the Natural Environment6: Therapeutic Waters: Religion, Medicine, and the Landscape7: Invented Traditions: Legend, Custom, and MemoryConclusionBibliography Review `The overall picture is vivid, astoundingly detailed and deeply compelling in its conceptual range and its forthright analysis. This book moves with both grace and authority over a vast tract of time and space, giving a whole new dimension to the Reformation debate, and contributing to several other related discussions as it goes... Charting the topography of religious conviction and the panorama of magic and memory, [Walsham] has reconfigured a landscapeof her own, contributing an outstanding landmark to the scholarly terrain.Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education`The interweaving of religious and local history in this book produces a most stimulating effect. Based on research as broad as it is deep, it conveys an understanding of the habits of belief and desire that drove generations of men and women all over these islands to feats of destruction and preservation in the cause of religion.Graham Parry, The Guardian`This book draws on immense learning, wearing it lightly...Its grace and authority will commend it to theologians, anthropologists, geographers and a mass of general readers besides academic historians. Its compelling argument makes the book required reading for all concerned with early modern Britain and Ireland. The Reformation of the Landscape confirms Alexandra Walshams place in the very front rank of British historians.Anthony Fletcher, Times Literary Supplement`Magisterial...[Walsham] cements her reputation as the finest Reformation historian of her generation...a landmark of Reformation studies.Alec Ryrie, The Tablet`A fascinating study of the place of landscape in English religious sentiment during the century and a half after the Reformation, a work of stunning originality.Jonathan Sumption, The Spectator`Brings an extraordinary breadth and depth of erudition, high literary gifts, and remarkable intellectual ambition... Colourful, complex, subtle, sophisticated, argumentative, and wide-ranging, Walshams book forces us to look anew at many familiar themes, besides pointing towards a host of unfamiliar places.Wilfred Prest, Australian Book Review`a delight, rich with evidence and ideas ... a fresh, interesting, and exciting read ... a historical blockbuster that will inspire a generation.Adam Stout, Time & Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture Prizes Winner of Joint Winner of the Wolfson History Prize 2011 Winner of the American Historical Association Leo Gershoy Prize 2011 Winner of the Roland H. Bainton Prize for History/Theology 2012. Long Description 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. It explores how the profound theological and liturgical transformations that marked the era between 1500 and 1750 both shaped, and were in turn shaped by, the places and spaces within the physical environment in which they occurred. Movingbeyond churches, cathedrals, and monasteries, it investigates how the Protestant and Catholic Reformations affected perceptions and practices associated with trees, woods, springs, rocks, mountain peaks,prehistoric monuments, and other distinctive topographical features of the British Isles. Drawing on extensive research and embracing insights from a range of disciplines, Alexandra Walsham examines the origins, immediate consequences, and later repercussions of these movements of religious renewal, together with the complex but decisive modifications of belief and behaviour to which they gave rise. It demonstrates how ecclesiastical developments intersected with otherintellectual and cultural trends, including the growth of antiquarianism and the spread of the artistic and architectural Renaissance, the emergence of empirical science and shifting fashions within thespheres of medicine and healing. Set within a chronological framework that stretches backwards towards the early Middle Ages and forwards into the nineteenth century, the book assesses the critical part played by the landscape in forging confessional identities and in reconfiguring collective and social memory. It illuminates the ways in which the visible world was understood and employed by the diverse religious communities that occupied the British Isles, and shows how it became abattleground in which bitter struggles about the significance of the Christian and pagan past were waged. Review Text `The overall picture is vivid, astoundingly detailed and deeply compelling in its conceptual range and its forthright analysis. This book moves with both grace and authority over a vast tract of time and space, giving a whole new dimension to the Reformation debate, and contributing to several other related discussions as it goes... Charting the topography of religious conviction and the panorama of magic and memory, [Walsham] has reconfigured a landscapeof her own, contributing an outstanding landmark to the scholarly terrain.Lucy Wooding, Times Higher Education`The interweaving of religious and local history in this book produces a most stimulating effect. Based on research as broad as it is deep, it conveys an understanding of the habits of belief and desire that drove generations of men and women all over these islands to feats of destruction and preservation in the cause of religion.Graham Parry, The Guardian`This book draws on immense learning, wearing it lightly...Its grace and authority will commend it to theologians, anthropologists, geographers and a mass of general readers besides academic historians. Its compelling argument makes the book required reading for all concerned with early modern Britain and Ireland. The Reformation of the Landscape confirms Alexandra Walshams place in the very front rank of British historians.Anthony Fletcher, Times Literary Supplement`Magisterial...[Walsham] cements her reputation as the finest Reformation historian of her generation...a landmark of Reformation studies.Alec Ryrie, The Tablet`A fascinating study of the place of landscape in English religious sentiment during the century and a half after the Reformation, a work of stunning originality.Jonathan Sumption, The Spectator`Brings an extraordinary breadth and depth of erudition, high literary gifts, and remarkable intellectual ambition... Colourful, complex, subtle, sophisticated, argumentative, and wide-ranging, Walshams book forces us to look anew at many familiar themes, besides pointing towards a host of unfamiliar places.Wilfred Prest, Australian Book Review`a delight, rich with evidence and ideas ... a fresh, interesting, and exciting read ... a historical blockbuster that will inspire a generation.Adam Stout, Time & Mind: The Journal of Archaeology, Consciousness and Culture Review Quote Walsham presents an admirably complex rendering of the British and Irish landscape Feature The first major study of the impact of religious change on the landscape of the British IslesConnects the religious upheavals of the era with other cultural and intellectual trends, including the growth of antiquarianism and developments in medicine and scienceDraws on deep and extensive research, and exploits a wide variety of printed and manuscript sourcesAmbitious geographical and chronological range: covers Britain and Ireland in its entirety; focuses on the period 1500-1750 but extends backwards to the early medieval period and forwards into the nineteenth centuryRichly detailed and extensively illustrated New Feature Introduction 1. Loca Sacra: Religion and the Landscape before the Reformation 2. Idols in the Landscape: The Impact of Protestant Reform 3. Britannia Sancta: Catholicism, Counter Reformation, and the Landscape 4. The Religious Regeneration of the Landscape: Ritual, Rehabilitation, and Renewal 5. Gods Great Book in Folio: Providence, Science, and the Natural Environment 6. Therapeutic Waters: Religion, Medicine, and the Landscape 7. Invented Traditions: Legend, Custom, and Memory Conclusion Bibliography Details ISBN0199654387 Author Alexandra Walsham Pages 656 Publisher Oxford University Press Year 2012 ISBN-10 0199654387 ISBN-13 9780199654383 Format Paperback Imprint Oxford University Press Subtitle Religion, Identity, and Memory in Early Modern Britain and Ireland Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Language English Media Book Residence US Affiliation Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Tr Short Title REFORMATION OF THE LANDSCAPE DEWEY 941.05 UK Release Date 2012-02-16 Publication Date 2012-02-16 AU Release Date 2012-02-16 NZ Release Date 2012-02-16 Illustrations 52 black and white images Illustrator Anais Goldemberg Edited by Kok Khoo Phua Birth 1927 Position Senior Lecturer Qualifications PhD Alternative 9780199243556 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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