Anne Askew and the Culture of Heresy-Hunting in Henry VIII's England
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23201780 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Loewenstein (0000-0001-6788-2798, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 69-101 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-29 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Treacherous Faith (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199203390.003.0003 |
| OpenAlex | W2495259498 |
| ISBN | 9780199203390 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Focusing on the famous heresy case and texts of Anne Askew's Examinations, this chapter addresses the bitter cultural, religious, and ideological conflicts, as well as the anxieties over biblical exegesis and urgent attempts to control it, that were fueled by the specter of growing sacramentarian heresy (i.e. denying the real presence in the sacrament of the eucharist). The chapter examines anxieties about active female evangelicals during the highly unstable final decade of Henry VIII's rule when religious phobias and treacherous politics interacted. Consequently, this chapter provides a fresh perspective on Askew's polemical and scripturally-rich writings by situating them in the early sixteenth-century culture of heresy hunting, including the instabilities generated by radical evangelicalism, the politics of religious demonization, and the bitter struggle to control the Bible and its exegesis.
Art · Demonization · Exegesis · Heresy · Ideology · Literature · Political science · Politics · Theology · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |