Church and People by Claire Cross (9780631214625)

Description - Church and People by Claire Cross

This book provides readers with an account of the rivalry between
the two kingdoms of Church and State between the years 1450 and
1660.

England inherited, from medieval times, two systems of
authority: the Church, governed by Pope and Bishops; and the State,
ruled by Monarch and Lords. However, from the late fourteenth
century onwards, this division was increasingly challenged by the
laity's insistence on their right to choose not only between
different systems of Church government but also between different
forms of religious belief. The author charts the rivalry between
clergy and laity's and shows how political and social developments
between 1450 and 1660 were decisively influenced by this conflict.
This second edition includes updates throughout the text in the
light of recent scholarship and a new bibliography.

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