1st Edition

Social Criticism in Popular Religious Literature of the Sixteenth Century

By Helen C. White Copyright 1966
    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    344 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1966. This is a study into the question of whether religion in general, and the Christian religion in particular, is to be regarded as an instrument of social stimulation and disturbance, or as a means of social reconciliation and stabilisation by focusing on religious literature of the sixteenth century.

    Chapter 1 The Piers Plowman Tradition; Chapter 2 The Utopia and Commonwealth Tradition; Chapter 3 The Reformers and the Wealth of the Church; Chapter 4 Social Radicalism and Religious Reform; Chapter 5 Submission; Chapter 6 Usury; Chapter 7 Contentation; Chapter 8 Alms;

    Biography

    Helen C. White The University of Wisconsin