Cathedrals, Laudianism, and the British Churches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8958529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ian Atherton (0000-0001-8908-1123, Keele University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 895-918 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x10000397 |
| OpenAlex | W2148531818 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 10 |
Recent research has argued that English cathedrals, particularly but not exclusively Westminster Abbey, formed a ‘liturgical fifth column’ in the church and were the Trojan horse by which Laudianism – the ceremonial, clericalist, anti-Calvinist policies associated with Charles I and William Laud in the 1620s and 1630s – was introduced into the English church. This article re-examines links between cathedrals and Laudianism, not just in England, but also in the associated Protestant state churches of Charles's other realms: Ireland and Scotland. Laudian divines emphasized cathedrals as liturgical showcases, ‘mother churches’ which their ‘daughters’, the parish churches, should follow in the policy of the ‘beauty of holiness’, particularly the placing, railing of, and reverence to the Laudian altar. However, cathedrals are shown to be more diverse than historians have generally allowed, and Laudian policies are shown to have been grafted on to cathedrals, rather than emerging from them. Caroline cathedrals were more the victims of Laudianism than its midwives
Aesthetics · Altar · Art · Art history · Beauty · Political science · Protestantism · Reverence · Classics · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Law · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religious studies · Scottish History and National Identity
Dependent or Independent? The Church of Ireland and Its Colonial Context, 1536–1649
The Cradle of Laudianism? Westminster Abbey, 1558–1630
The Limitations of Statutes
Sacred Space in England, 1560–1640
Order and Place in England, 1580–1640
Corporations, Cathedrals and the Crown
The Restoration of Altars in the 1630s
Ritual, Space, and Authority in Seventeenth-Century English Cathedral Cities
Elizabeth I and the verdicts of history
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |