Course 2404
Religious Movements in England from the Middle Ages to the Year 1689

1. Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum [The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation] (A.D. 731), Book I: Chap. 15-16, 22-27, 30-32; Book II: Chap. 1-2, 5, 9, 13-15; Book III: Chap. 3-4, 21-22, 24-25, 30; Book IV: Chap. 1-3, 5, 21, 24, 27-29; Book V: Chap. 7, 10, 15, 22-24.

1. The Itinerary of the Pilgrim of Bordeaux [Itinerarium Burdigalense] (A.D. 333).
2. William Wey, A Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (c. 1456).
3. William Wey, Itinerary for a Pilgrimage to Jerusalem (c. 1458).
4. Erasmus, A Pilgrimage for Religion's Sake (1526).
5. Benedict of Peterborough, Description of the scene after the murder of Thomas Becket (1170).
6. Life of St Hugh of Lincoln [c. 1140-1200], "Relics".
7. Guibert de Nogent (1054-1124), Treatise on Relics, "Popular Canonization".
8. Relics at St-Omer of Jesus Christs and His Passion [from an inventory of 1346].
9. Tales of Relics [by Jacques de Vitry, Etienne de Bourbon, Caesarius of Heisterbach].

1. Speech of Urban II at Council of Clermont (1095).
2. Fulcher of Chartres, The Capture of Jerusalem (1099).
3. Peter the Hermit and the Popular Crusade: Collected Accounts (1096).
4. Revelation to a Monk of Evesham (1483), "The Broken Vow".
5. William of Newburgh, Historia Rerum Anglicarum (c. 1196), Book III, Chap. XIII-XIV, XXIII-XXIV, XXVI.
6. Ordinance of the "Saladin Tithe" (1188).
7. Chronica Regiae Coloniensis (1213), "Children's Crusade [1212]".

1. Canons 1-3 of the Fourth Lateran Council (1215).
2. Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogue on Miracles (1220-35), "Medieval Heresies", Chap. XX-XXII.
3. Bernard Gui on the Inquisitorial Technique [from The Inquisitor's Manual[ (early 14th century).
4. Bernard Gui on the Albigensians [from The Inquisitor's Manual] (early 14th century).
5. Raynaldus on the Accusations against the Albigensians [from "Annales"] (early 13th century).
6. Berthold of Ratisbon (1220-72), "Pardoners and Heretics".
7. Ralph of Coggeshall (1187-1220), "Heretical Puritanism".
8. The Blessed James of the Mark (1391-1476), "The Odour of Heresy".

1. The Rule of St Francis (1223).
2. Berthold of Ratisbon (1220-72), "Pardoners and Heretics".
3. De Adventu fratrum minorum in Angliam [On the coming of the friars minor to England] (c. 1224).
4. Robert Grosseteste, Letter concerning Franciscans at Scarborough (c. 1243).
5. Matthew Paris of St Albans, Chronica Majora (c. 1243), "On the Friars".
6. Annals of Dunstable on the friars (1233-87).

1. Twenty-Four Conclusions condemned at the synod of London on 21 May 1382.
2. The defiance of the University of Oxford.
3. Johannis Wycliffite Tractatus De Civili Domino (c. 1376), "Wycliff's Doctrine of Dominion Founded on Grace".
4. John Purvey [?], Chap. XV: Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible.
5. Chronicon Henrici Knighton [The Chronicle of Henry Knighton] (c. 1382), "Wycliff and the Lollards".
6. Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards (1395).
7. The Examination of Master William Thorpe, priest, of heresy, before Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407).
8. The Abjuration of John Skilly of Flixton, miller, in the court of Audience of the bishop of Norwich (1429).
9. The Statute "De Haeretico Corburendo" (1401).
10. Thomas Walsingham, Historia Anglicana [II, 282] (1410), "The Burning of John Badby".
11. The Constitutions of Archbishop Arundel against the Lollards (1409).
12. The Episcopal Register of Robert Rede, Bishop of Chichester, 1397-1415, "The Trial of Sir John Oldcastle" (1413).
13. London Chronicle, "The Rebellion and Execution of Sir John Oldcastle" (1414, 1417).

1. Licence for Sir Thomas More to keep and read heretical books, 7 March 1528.
2. Proclamation against erroneous books and heresies, June 1530.
3. The Trial of the Nun of Kent.
4. The Trial of Anne Askewe, 1546.
5. Act of Supremacy, 1534.
6. First Act for the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536.
7. Second Act for the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536.
8. An Act abolishing diversity in opinions, 1539 [The Act of Six Articles].
9. An Act for the abolishing and putting away of divers books and images, 1550.
10. Fifteen Articles of the Rebels of Devon, 1549.

1. St. John, Book of Revelation, Chap. 4-22.
2. Articles of Tabor (1420).
3. Schleitheim Confession (1527).
4. Ulrich Zwingli, Of Baptism (10 May 1525).
5. Norman Cohn, The Pursuit of the Millennium, Chap. ???, pp. 272-306.
6. The Twelve Elders of Münster, "Thirteen Statements of the Order of Life" and "A Code for Public Behaviour" (1534).
7. Description of Communism and Polygamy in the City of Münster.
8. Bernard Rothmann, A Restitution of Christian Teaching, Faith, and Life (Oct. 1534).
9. Bernard Rothmann, Concerning Revenge (Dec. 1534).
10. The Capture, Torture, Confession, and Execution of Jan van Leiden.
11. The Queen's Proclamation for the Banishment of Anabaptists (1560).

1. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Divine Service, 1559.
2. Thirty-Nine Articles, 1569.
3. John a Lasco, The Abolition of Vestments (1552).
4. An Admonition to Parliament (1572).
5. A View of Popish Abuses Yet Remaining in the English Church (1572).
6. Archbishop Grindal, Letter to the Queen (on "Prophesyings") (1576).
7. Queen Elizabeth's Letter to the Bishops throughout England against conventicles, and for the suppressing the exercise called prophesying (1577).

1. The Roots and Branches Petition (1640).
2. The Journal of William Dowsing (1643-4).
3. Thomas Edwards, Gangraena: or A Catalogue and Discovery of many of the Errours, Heresies, Blasphemies and Pernicious Practices of the Sectaries of this time (1646).
4. Robert Barclay (1648-1690), An Apology for the True Christian Divinity (1678).

1. Declaration of Breda, 1660.
2. Declaration in Favour of Toleration, 1662.
3. Convecticle Act, 1670.
4. Second Test Act, 1678.
5. Declaration of Indulgence, 15 March 1672.
6. Declaration of Indulgence, 27 April 1687.
7. Address of thanks from the city of Gloucester (1687).
8. Address of thanks from the Presbyterians of London (1687).
9. Act concerning heresy, 1678.
10. Act in relief of Quakers, 1696.
11. Toleration Act, 1689.
12. Gilbert Burnet, On the Rise and Development of Dissent, 1662-89.

Sourcebooks:

1. Aughterson, Kate (ed.). The English Renaissance. An Anthology of Sources and Documents. Routledge. London and New York. 2002.
2. Cressy, David, Ferrell, Lori Anne (eds.). Religion and Society in Early Modern England. A Sourcebook. Routledge. London and New York. 1996.
3. Douglas, David C. (ed.). English Historical Documents. Vols. I-VIII. London 1968.

Selected secondary sources:

1. Duffy, Eamon.The Stripping of the Altars. Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580. Yale University Press. New Haven and London. 1992.
2. Elton, Geoffrey Rudolph. England Under the Tudors. Routledge. London and New York.1996.
3. Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford and Cambridge, Mass. 1994
4. Haigh, Christopher.English Reformations: Religion, Politics, and Society under the Tudors. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1993.
5. Morill, John (ed.).The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor and Stuart England. OUP. Oxford and New York. 1996.