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Broken Idols of the English Reformation

Hardcover • 2015 • 1. edition

Broken Idols of the English Reformation

By Margaret Aston

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Why were so many religious images and objects broken and damaged in the course of the Reformation? Margaret Aston's magisterial new book charts the conflicting imperatives of destruction and rebuilding throughout the English Reformation from the desecration of images, rails and screens to bells, organs and stained glass windows. She explores the motivations of those who smashed images of the crucifixion in stained glass windows and who pulled down crosses and defaced symbols of the Trinity. She ...Show more

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9780521770187

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published year

2015

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1

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Broken Idols of the English Reformation

Format

Hardcover

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