From Chamber to Church

The Remarkable Emergence of Thomas Sternhold as Psalmist for the Church of England

Bibliographic Data

ID23197855
AuthorsElisabeth Jones (corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume11
Issue1
Pages29-56
Publication date2009-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueReformation & Renaissance Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1462-2459 • E-ISSN: 1743-1727
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/rrr.v11i1.29
OpenAlexW1987988468
LanguageEN
References cited17

The paper explores the question of why Thomas Sternhold's small collections of metrical psalms, originally produced as godly entertainment for King Edward VI, became the kernel of the pre-eminent liturgical metrical psalter used in the Church of England in the sixteenth century. The author examines Sternhold's metrical psalms in comparison to two other metrical psalters, subjecting each to an analysis of their stated purpose, their relationship to biblical texts, their use of sources, their relationship to emerging evangelical biblical hermeneutics, and their style of paraphrase, rhyme and metre. The conclusions drawn from this examination suggest that the longevity, popularity and ultimate success of the Sternhold psalm media for public sung worship lies, ironically, in the initial lack of intent to use it as a liturgical text.

Art · Entertainment · Hermeneutics · Literature · Paraphrase · Poetry · Popularity · Rhyme · Sermon · Theology · Visual arts · Worship · Classics · Early Modern Women Writers · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies

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