People and piety: Protestant devotional identities in early modern England

This International And Interdisciplinary Volume Investigates Protestant Devotional Identities In Sixteenth- And Seventeenth-century England. Divided Into Two Sections, The Book Examines The 'sites' Where These Identities Were Forged - The Academy, Printing House, Household, Theatre And Prison - And The 'types' Of Texts That Expressed Them - Spiritual Autobiographies, Religious Poetry And Writings Tied To The Ars Moriendi - Providing A Broad Analysis Of Social, Material And Literary Forms Of Devotion During England's Long Reformation. Through Archival And Cutting-edge Research, A Detailed Picture Of 'lived Religion' Emerges, Which Re-evaluates The Pietistic Acts And Attitudes Of Well-known And Recently Discovered Figures. To Those Studying And Teaching Religion And Identity In Early Modern England, And Anyone Interested In The History Of Religious Self-expression, These Chapters Offer A Rich And Rewarding Read.-- Introduction / Elizabeth Clarke And Robert W. Daniel -- Section I: Sites -- Part I: Devotional Identities In Religious Communities -- What Was Devotional Writing? Revisiting The Community In Little Gidding, 1626-33 / David Manning -- 'herschept Het Hert': Katherine Sutton's Experiences (1663), The Printer's Device And The Making Of Devotion / Michael Durrant -- Part Ii: Devotional Identities In The Household -- 'a Soul Preaching To Itself': Sermon Note-taking And Family Piety / Ann Hughes -- The Act Of Toleration, Household Worship And Voicing Dissent: Oliver Heywood's A Family Alter (1693) / William J. Sheils -- Part Iii: Devotional Identities In The Theatre -- Devotional Identity And The Mother's Legacy In A Warning For Fair Women (1599) / Iman Sheena -- Devotion, Marriage And Mirth In The Puritan Widow / Robert O. Yates -- Part Iv: Devotional Identities In The Prison -- 'o This Dark Dungeon!': Murderers, Martyrs And The 'sacred Space' Of The Early Modern Prison / Lynn Robson -- Editing Devotional Identity: The Compilation And Reception Of The Prison Prose Of George Fox's Journal (1694) / Catie Gill -- Section Ii: Types -- Part V: Devotional Identities In Spiritual Autobiographies -- Fathers And Sons, Conscience, And Duty In Early Modern England / Bernard Capp -- Dissenting Devotion And Identity In The Experience Of Mary Franklin (d.1711) / Vera J. Camden -- Part Vi: Devotional Identities In Religious Poetry -- Loyalist And Dissenting Responses To George Herbert's The Temple (1633) In The Devotional Writing Of The 1640s-50s / Jenna Townend -- 'whom I Never Knew To Poetrize But Now': Grief And Passion In The Devotional Poetry Of Richard Baxter / Sylvia Brown -- Part Vii: Devotional Identities In The Ars Moriendi -- 'my Sick-bed Covenants': Scriptural Patterns And Model Piety In The Early Modern Sickchamber / Robert W. Daniel -- 'now The Lord Hath Made Me A Spectacle': Deathbed Narratives And Devotional Identities In The Early Seventeenth Century / Charles Green -- Afterword / N.h. Keeble. Edited By Elizabeth Clarke And Robert W. Daniel. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.