An Irish Perspective of Elizabeth's Religion: reformation thought and Henry Sidney's Irish lord deputyship, c. 1560 to 1580

Hutchinson, Mark A ORCID: 0000-0003-1413-6382 (2014) An Irish Perspective of Elizabeth's Religion: reformation thought and Henry Sidney's Irish lord deputyship, c. 1560 to 1580. In: Elizabeth I and Ireland. Cambridge University Press, pp. 142-162. ISBN 9781107040878

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Abstract

This essay argues that the political condition of the Irish kingdom provides a window onto the various underlying (and unspoken) assumptions informing wider protestant conceptions of government and civil order in Elizabethan England. It suggests that the lack of a functional Irish reformation church and the persistent question of Irish civil disorder meant that the role of God’s word in societal reform (and a view of man born in sin but redeemed by grace) had to be discussed in open political debate. In contrast, settled conditions in England meant many of these assumptions were not discussed on a regular basis. As a consequence, Elizabeth’s own religious outlook can be more clearly reconstructed in Ireland, and the essay reads developments in Ireland against a dispute over the free discussion of scripture in England.

Item Type:	Book Section
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA1 History of Great Britain > DA20 England D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain > DA1 History of Great Britain > DA900 Ireland
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts
Research Priority Areas:	Culture, Continuity, and Transformation
Depositing User:	Mark Hutchinson
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2023 11:54
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 11:54
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/13274

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