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This analysis of the secular impact of the Reformation examines the changes within English towns over the period c.1540-1640. All over England wholesale shifts of urban land and resources, coupled with increased statutory responsibilities, allowed a surprising number of towns to strengthen their financial and political positions. The Reformation had already begun to destroy much of the doctrine-based political culture which traditionally sustained provincial governments. As a result, the ruling elites in many towns not only extended their holdings and acquired greater autonomy; they also gained much greater institutional authority over their inhabitants - part of a growing movement away from communal values towards rule by oligarchy. These elites sought to legitimize their new authority by various means: civic portraiture and regalia, the building of town-halls, the writing of local histories, and the creation of new forms of worship. An altered civic ethos emerged, marking a significant new phase in urban history.

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• Full title: Reformation and the Towns in England
• Subtitle: Politics and Political Culture, c.1540-1640
• Author: Robert Tittler
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 408
• EAN: 9780198207184
• ISBN: 0198207182
• ID: 04523193
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Weight: 625 g
• Dimensions: 225 × 146 × 27 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. June 1998

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