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Papers by Jane Dawson
The English Historical Review, Jun 1, 2005
The Scottish Historical Review, Oct 1, 2008
Cambridge University Press eBooks, May 30, 2002
BRILL eBooks, Dec 3, 2021
The Scottish Historical Review, Oct 1, 2016
Renaissance Quarterly, 2016
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Dec 5, 2011
Studies in World Christianity, Oct 1, 2001
German History, Jul 1, 1993
... In The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700,3 highly distinguished team of contri... more ... In The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700,3 highly distinguished team of contributors presents a unique, authoritative guide to these developments, of interest to both students and specialists. ... ISBN 0-521-24716-0 I. Political science - History. ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Apr 15, 2005
Scottish Journal of Theology, Apr 8, 2016
Ashgate Publishing eBooks, Sep 17, 2012
Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)... more Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) Alec Ryrie Scholars increasingly recognise that understanding the history of religion means understanding worship and devotion as well as doctrines and polemics. Early modern Christianity consisted of its lived experience. This collection and its companion volume (Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain, ed. Natalie Mears and Alec Ryrie) bring together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to discuss what that lived experience comprised, and what it meant. Private and domestic devotion-how early modern men and women practised their religion when they were not in church-is a vital and largely hidden subject. Here, historical, literary and theological scholars examine piety of conformist, non-conformist and Catholic early modern Christians, in a range of private and domestic settings, in both England and Scotland. The subjects under analysis include Bible-reading, the composition of prayers, the use of the psalms, the use of physical props for prayers, the pious interpretation of dreams, and the troubling question of what counted as religious solitude. The collection as a whole broadens and deepens our understanding of the patterns of early modern devotion, and of their meanings for early modern culture as a whole. Download Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Brit ...pdf Read Online Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Br ...pdf
Claire Cross - a tribute, Barrie Dobson William of Newburgh and the Cathar mission to England, Pe... more Claire Cross - a tribute, Barrie Dobson William of Newburgh and the Cathar mission to England, Peter Biller fund-raising in a 14th-century province, Rosalind M.T. Hill John of Ayton's "Grumbling Gloss" - a northern churchman's view of society, Diana Wood Thomas Arundel of York - the appellant archbishop, Michael Wilks Wyclif and the north - the evidence from Durham, Anne Hudson an appropriate anomaly - Topcliffe parish and the fabric fund of York Minster in the later Middle Ages, R.N. Swanson the exercise of the probate jurisdiction of the medieval Archbishops of York, David M. Smith performing the word of God - Corpus Christi drama in the northern province, P.J.P. Goldberg the arrival of humanistic script in York?, Ann Rycraft bishops, seals, mitres, Margaret Aston reforming the waters - holy wells and healing springs in Protestant England, Alexandra Walsham a census of York clergy? - the clerical subsidy of 1523-1528, C.C. Webb the last days of Lenton Priory, David Marcombe monastery into chapter - Durham, 1539-1559, David Loades the Protestant earl and godly Gael - the 5th Earl of Argyll (c1538-1573) and the Scottish Reformation, Jane Dawson "digging and dunging" - some aspects of lay influence in the Church in northern towns, D.J. Lamburn an archbishop in the pulpit - Tobie Matthew's preaching diary, 1606-1622, W.J. Sheils "an honourable and elect lady" - the faith of Isabel Lady Bowes, Christine M. Newman a bishop, a patron and some preachers - a problem of presentation, Rosemary O'Day Yorkshire's godly incendiary - the career of Henry Darley during the reign of Charles I, David Scott "this sad and deplorable condition" - an attempt towards recovering an account of the sufferings of northern clergy families in the 1640s and 1650s, Anne Laurence "pure folkes" and the parish - Thomas Larkham in Cockermouth and Tavistock, Susan Hardman-Moore community, piety and family in Yorkshire wills between the Reformation and the Restoration, Will Coster Catholicism and the Church of England in a northern library - Henry Halsted and the Burnley Grammar School library, Stuart Mews and Michael Mullet Bishop Lightfoot and the northern Church, David M. Thompson bibliography of the works of Claire Cross, Christine M. Newman.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2008
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Mar 24, 2009
3 maps. New York–London: Routledge, 2008(7). £19.99 ( paper). 978 0 415 39942 5; 978 0 415 39943 ... more 3 maps. New York–London: Routledge, 2008(7). £19.99 ( paper). 978 0 415 39942 5; 978 0 415 39943 2 JEH (60) 2009; doi :10.1017/S0022046908006519 Brian Levack has once again produced an eminently readable and accessible book on witch-hunting which will be a boon to all who teach the subject. He has turned his attention to Scottish witch-hunts and provided a balanced survey of the origins, progress and decline of witch-hunting in Scotland which pays careful attention to comparisons with the rest of Europe. He also makes every effort to explain the differences and the similarities between the Scottish and the English experiences of witch-hunting and in particular the effects of the union of the crowns in 1603 and the union of parliaments in 1707. Such a ‘British ’ approach brings into sharper focus the distinctive features not only of Scottish but also of English witch-hunting. One of the chief points of difference was the legal system which operated in each country. Given the author’s previous experience and views, it is not surprising that the legal argument features very prominently as an explanatory tool. The type and effectiveness of central direction and control in witch-hunting and the process by which trials were conducted had a direct impact upon the levels of witch-hunting. In particular, the more extensive use, despite their technical illegality, of forms of torture in Scotland made it easier for witch prosecutions to gather momentum. As the book’s subtitle indicates, religion also played a significant role and Levack’s comments will be of special interest to readers of this JOURNAL. He identifies a distinctive culture of confession in Scotland which was cultivated and upheld by the Reformed discipline at work through the Kirk’s comprehensive and effective system of church courts. With public confession before the kirk session and the congregation forming the centrepiece of repentance in post-Reformation Scotland, securing a confession became an important element within witch trials. Some confessions were voluntary, though in many instances they were ‘encouraged’ by deprivation or torture, and they then provided the evidential basis on which a commission to try witches could be obtained. The common assumptions of Scottish religious life provided the context and ‘script ’ for these confessions and for the ‘evidence’ produced by those believed to be possessed by a demon. Two detailed studies illustrate the crucial role of the Scottish clergy and the ecclesiastical courts : the outbreak of cases of demonic possession (1690s), and the witch murder at Pittenweem in 1705. At the beginning of the eighteenth century prosecutions died out in Scotland, thanks to judicial scepticism, but witch beliefs did not, instead becoming part of a wider clerical defence against the rising tide of ‘atheism’. The records of Scottish witch-hunting (available on http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/ witches/) help to reveal part of a complex spectrum of beliefs held by Scots men and women of all social and educational levels. Levack has provided an admirable, succinct summary of his main subject as well as useful pointers to other religious topics.
German History, Oct 1, 1993
German History, Apr 1, 1994
The English Historical Review, Jun 1, 2005
The Scottish Historical Review, Oct 1, 2008
Cambridge University Press eBooks, May 30, 2002
BRILL eBooks, Dec 3, 2021
The Scottish Historical Review, Oct 1, 2016
Renaissance Quarterly, 2016
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Dec 5, 2011
Studies in World Christianity, Oct 1, 2001
German History, Jul 1, 1993
... In The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700,3 highly distinguished team of contri... more ... In The Cambridge History of Political Thought 1450-1700,3 highly distinguished team of contributors presents a unique, authoritative guide to these developments, of interest to both students and specialists. ... ISBN 0-521-24716-0 I. Political science - History. ...
Edinburgh University Press eBooks, Apr 15, 2005
Scottish Journal of Theology, Apr 8, 2016
Ashgate Publishing eBooks, Sep 17, 2012
Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)... more Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Britain (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) Alec Ryrie Scholars increasingly recognise that understanding the history of religion means understanding worship and devotion as well as doctrines and polemics. Early modern Christianity consisted of its lived experience. This collection and its companion volume (Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain, ed. Natalie Mears and Alec Ryrie) bring together an interdisciplinary range of scholars to discuss what that lived experience comprised, and what it meant. Private and domestic devotion-how early modern men and women practised their religion when they were not in church-is a vital and largely hidden subject. Here, historical, literary and theological scholars examine piety of conformist, non-conformist and Catholic early modern Christians, in a range of private and domestic settings, in both England and Scotland. The subjects under analysis include Bible-reading, the composition of prayers, the use of the psalms, the use of physical props for prayers, the pious interpretation of dreams, and the troubling question of what counted as religious solitude. The collection as a whole broadens and deepens our understanding of the patterns of early modern devotion, and of their meanings for early modern culture as a whole. Download Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Brit ...pdf Read Online Private and Domestic Devotion in Early Modern Br ...pdf
Claire Cross - a tribute, Barrie Dobson William of Newburgh and the Cathar mission to England, Pe... more Claire Cross - a tribute, Barrie Dobson William of Newburgh and the Cathar mission to England, Peter Biller fund-raising in a 14th-century province, Rosalind M.T. Hill John of Ayton's "Grumbling Gloss" - a northern churchman's view of society, Diana Wood Thomas Arundel of York - the appellant archbishop, Michael Wilks Wyclif and the north - the evidence from Durham, Anne Hudson an appropriate anomaly - Topcliffe parish and the fabric fund of York Minster in the later Middle Ages, R.N. Swanson the exercise of the probate jurisdiction of the medieval Archbishops of York, David M. Smith performing the word of God - Corpus Christi drama in the northern province, P.J.P. Goldberg the arrival of humanistic script in York?, Ann Rycraft bishops, seals, mitres, Margaret Aston reforming the waters - holy wells and healing springs in Protestant England, Alexandra Walsham a census of York clergy? - the clerical subsidy of 1523-1528, C.C. Webb the last days of Lenton Priory, David Marcombe monastery into chapter - Durham, 1539-1559, David Loades the Protestant earl and godly Gael - the 5th Earl of Argyll (c1538-1573) and the Scottish Reformation, Jane Dawson "digging and dunging" - some aspects of lay influence in the Church in northern towns, D.J. Lamburn an archbishop in the pulpit - Tobie Matthew's preaching diary, 1606-1622, W.J. Sheils "an honourable and elect lady" - the faith of Isabel Lady Bowes, Christine M. Newman a bishop, a patron and some preachers - a problem of presentation, Rosemary O'Day Yorkshire's godly incendiary - the career of Henry Darley during the reign of Charles I, David Scott "this sad and deplorable condition" - an attempt towards recovering an account of the sufferings of northern clergy families in the 1640s and 1650s, Anne Laurence "pure folkes" and the parish - Thomas Larkham in Cockermouth and Tavistock, Susan Hardman-Moore community, piety and family in Yorkshire wills between the Reformation and the Restoration, Will Coster Catholicism and the Church of England in a northern library - Henry Halsted and the Burnley Grammar School library, Stuart Mews and Michael Mullet Bishop Lightfoot and the northern Church, David M. Thompson bibliography of the works of Claire Cross, Christine M. Newman.
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 2008
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Mar 24, 2009
3 maps. New York–London: Routledge, 2008(7). £19.99 ( paper). 978 0 415 39942 5; 978 0 415 39943 ... more 3 maps. New York–London: Routledge, 2008(7). £19.99 ( paper). 978 0 415 39942 5; 978 0 415 39943 2 JEH (60) 2009; doi :10.1017/S0022046908006519 Brian Levack has once again produced an eminently readable and accessible book on witch-hunting which will be a boon to all who teach the subject. He has turned his attention to Scottish witch-hunts and provided a balanced survey of the origins, progress and decline of witch-hunting in Scotland which pays careful attention to comparisons with the rest of Europe. He also makes every effort to explain the differences and the similarities between the Scottish and the English experiences of witch-hunting and in particular the effects of the union of the crowns in 1603 and the union of parliaments in 1707. Such a ‘British ’ approach brings into sharper focus the distinctive features not only of Scottish but also of English witch-hunting. One of the chief points of difference was the legal system which operated in each country. Given the author’s previous experience and views, it is not surprising that the legal argument features very prominently as an explanatory tool. The type and effectiveness of central direction and control in witch-hunting and the process by which trials were conducted had a direct impact upon the levels of witch-hunting. In particular, the more extensive use, despite their technical illegality, of forms of torture in Scotland made it easier for witch prosecutions to gather momentum. As the book’s subtitle indicates, religion also played a significant role and Levack’s comments will be of special interest to readers of this JOURNAL. He identifies a distinctive culture of confession in Scotland which was cultivated and upheld by the Reformed discipline at work through the Kirk’s comprehensive and effective system of church courts. With public confession before the kirk session and the congregation forming the centrepiece of repentance in post-Reformation Scotland, securing a confession became an important element within witch trials. Some confessions were voluntary, though in many instances they were ‘encouraged’ by deprivation or torture, and they then provided the evidential basis on which a commission to try witches could be obtained. The common assumptions of Scottish religious life provided the context and ‘script ’ for these confessions and for the ‘evidence’ produced by those believed to be possessed by a demon. Two detailed studies illustrate the crucial role of the Scottish clergy and the ecclesiastical courts : the outbreak of cases of demonic possession (1690s), and the witch murder at Pittenweem in 1705. At the beginning of the eighteenth century prosecutions died out in Scotland, thanks to judicial scepticism, but witch beliefs did not, instead becoming part of a wider clerical defence against the rising tide of ‘atheism’. The records of Scottish witch-hunting (available on http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/Research/ witches/) help to reveal part of a complex spectrum of beliefs held by Scots men and women of all social and educational levels. Levack has provided an admirable, succinct summary of his main subject as well as useful pointers to other religious topics.
German History, Oct 1, 1993
German History, Apr 1, 1994