HIST 2260 Lecture Notes - Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, English Reformation, Metrical Psalter
18 Oct 2013
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We begin with england, as the reform movement in england was to have repercussions in the rest of the. British isles in wales, in scotland, and in ireland, although in different ways and to different degrees. Indeed it might be said that had england remained catholic, which as you will see was a matter of historical chance rather than design, it is doubtful the protestant reformation would have succeeded in. Scotland or wales or, thus finally, in north america. England is a good example too of a process i call the nationalisation of religion. Prior to the reformation, all western europe ascribed to one form of christianity. That is, people spoke different languages, and felt an attachment to their local village or town or region but did not combine this cultural description with any form of loyalty to a country as we do today.
