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9781421405865 Academic Inspection Copy

Marvelous Protestantism

Monstrous Births in Post-Reformation England
  • ISBN-13: 9781421405865
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Julie Crawford
  • Price: AUD $86.99
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  • Local release date: 15/03/2012
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 282 pages Weight: 386g
  • Categories: Religion & beliefs [HR]
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In post-Reformation England, 'monster' could mean both a horrible aberration and a divine embodiment or revelation. In Marvelous Protestantism, Julie Crawford examines accounts of monstrous births and the strikingly graphic illustrations accompanying them in popular pamphlets, demonstrating how Protestant reformers used these accounts to guide their public through the spiritual confusion and social turmoil of the time.Traditionally, accounts of monstrous births and other marvelous occurrences have been analyzed in relationship to the tabloid press or the rise of modern science. Crawford focuses instead on the ways in which broadsheets and pamphlets served a new religion desperately trying to establish clear guidelines for religious and moral behavior during a period of political uncertainty. Perceptively showing how monstrous births implicated women as reproductive forces, Crawford demonstrates how women were responsible for the reproduction of Protestantism itself, whether robust or grotesquely misconceived. Through its examination of the nature of propaganda and early modern reading practices, and of the central role women played in Protestant reform, Marvelous Protestantism establishes a new approach to interpreting post-Reformation English culture.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: ""Strange News"" and the Reformation of England
1. Protestant Reform and the Fashion Monster
2. ""The mother of a monster, and not of an orderly birth"": Women and the Signs of Disorder
3. Forms of Imperfect Union
4. Heedless Women, Headless Monsters, and the Warsof Religion
5. The ranters monster and the ""Children of God""
Conclusion: The Signs of the Times
Notes
Bibliography
Index

""Her book is an enjoyable read in terms of content and style, and her sensitivity to the particular times, places, and socio-political contexts in which these narratives were produced is admirable. Marvelous Protestantism should be on the shelves of those who wish to understand this period fully.""

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