Course 3301-ZKB246
Religious Movements in England from the Middle Ages to the Present

Reading List

I. Beginnings of Christianity in the British Isles. The Idea and Practice of Pilgrimage
II. Medieval Heresy. John Wycliff and the Lollards
III. English Reformation and Puritanism
IV. Religious Movements of the Civil War. Toleration Act of 1689.
V. Evangelical Movements: John Wesley and William Wilberforce
VI. Oxford Movement. Religion vs. Science in the Victorian Age
VII. Religious Pluralism and Secularisation in Modern Britain


BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

I. Beginnings of Christianity in the British Isles. The Idea and Practice of Pilgrimage

  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.
  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. Relics at St-Omer of Jesus Christs and His Passion [from an inventory of 1346].
  8. Tales of Relics [by Jacques de Vitry, Etienne de Bourbon, Caesarius of Heisterbach].

II. Medieval Heresy. John Wikleff and the Lollards.

  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. Berthold of Ratisbon (1220-72), "Pardoners and Heretics".
  4. Twenty-Four Conclusions condemned at the synod of London on 21 May 1382.
  5. John Purvey [?], Chap. XV: Prologue to the Wycliffite Bible.
  6. The defiance of the University of Oxford.
  7. Chronicon Henrici Knighton [The Chronicle of Henry Knighton] (c. 1382), "Wycliff and the Lollards".
  8. Twelve Conclusions of the Lollards (1395).
  9. The Examination of Master William Thorpe, priest, of heresy, before Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury (1407).
  10. The Abjuration of John Skilly of Flixton, miller, in the court of Audience of the bishop of Norwich (1429).
  11. The Statute "De Haeretico Corburendo" (1401).
  12. Thomas Walsingham, Historia Anglicana [II, 282] (1410), "The Burning of John Badby".
  13. The Constitutions of Archbishop Arundel against the Lollards (1409).
  14. The Episcopal Register of Robert Rede, Bishop of Chichester, 1397-1415, "The Trial of Sir John Oldcastle" (1413).
  15. London Chronicle, "The Rebellion and Execution of Sir John Oldcastle" (1414, 1417).

III. English Reformation and Puritanism.

  1. Licence for Sir Thomas More to keep and read heretical books, 7 March 1528.
  2. The Trial of the Nun of Kent.
  3. The Trial of Anne Askewe, 1546.
  4. Act of Supremacy, 1534.
  5. First Act for the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536.
  6. Second Act for the Dissolution of the Monasteries, 1536.
  7. An Act abolishing diversity in opinions, 1539 [The Act of Six Articles].
  8. An Act for the abolishing and putting away of divers books and images, 1550.
  9. Fifteen Articles of the Rebels of Devon, 1549.
  10. An Act for the Uniformity of Common Prayer and Divine Service, 1559.
  11. Thirty-Nine Articles, 1569.
  12. An Admonition to Parliament (1572).
  13. A View of Popish Abuses Yet Remaining in the English Church (1572).
  14. Queen Elizabeth's Letter to the Bishops throughout England against conventicles, and for the suppressing the exercise called prophesying (1577).

IV. Religious Movements of the Civil War. Toleration Act of 1689.

  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).
  5. Toleration Act, 1689.
  6. Gilbert Burnet, On the Rise and Development of Dissent, 1662-89.
  7. Penelope J. Corfield, "Georgian England: One State, Many Faiths", History Today (April 1995).

V. Evangelical Movements: John Wesley and William Wilberforce.

  1. "John Brown's View of the Clergy", [from:] John Brown, An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757-1758).
  2. John Wesley, The Character of a Methodist (c. 1742).
  3. John Wesley, Advice to a People Called Methodist (1745).
  4. "John Wesley on the aims and organization of the Methodist Societies", [from:] John Wesley,A Plain Account of the People called Methodists (1749).
  5. "A criticism of the Methodists, probably by Edmund Gibson, bishop of London" (ca. 1740), [from:] Edmund Gibson, Observations upon the Conduct and Behaviour of a Certain Sect, Usually distinguished by the Name of Methodists (ca. 1740).
  6. "Charles Wesley describes the trials of the Sheffield Methodists" (1743), [from:] Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley.
  7. Extracts from John Wesley's Journal (1783-1789).
  8. "William Wilberforce on the Evangelical Movement" (1797), [from:] William Wilberforce, Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, contrasted with Real Christianity(1797).
  9. Receipts of the principal religious charities in London, for the year ending Lady Day, 1821 (The Scotsman, 21 July, 1821).
  10. "Clarkson on the Slave Trade", [from:] T. Clarkson, History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1808).
  11. Debates in the House of Commons on the slave trade (12 and 21 May 1789).
  12. Letter of Richard Ryder to his brother Lord Harrowby (21 Feb. 1807).

VI. Oxford Movement. Religion vs. Science in the Victorian Age.

  1. The Roman Catholic Relief Act (1829).
  2. John Henry Newman (1801-90), "Thoughts on the Ministerial Commission", Tracts for the Times, no. 1.
  3. John Henry Newman (1801-90), "Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine", Tracts for the Times, no. 90.
  4. Bishop Bagot's charge of May 1842 to the Clergy of the Oxford Diocese, on Tractarianism and Tract 90.
  5. Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, Letter "Out of the Flaminian Gate" (1850).
  6. Lord John Russell's letter to the bishop of Durham on papal aggression (Nov. 1850).
  7. Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), "On the Interpretation of Scripture" (1860), [from:] Essays and Reviews (1860).
  8. John William Colenso (1814-1883), "On the Pentateuch" (1860), [from:] The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined (1860).
  9. Samuel Wilberforce, "On Darwin's Origin of Species" (1860).
  10. J. H. Gladstone, Points of Supposed Collision Between the Scriptures and Natural Science (1872).
  11. St. George Jackson Mivart (1827-1900), On the Genesis of the Species (1871).
  12. Frederick William Farrar (1831-1903), "The Attitude of the Clergy Towards Science" (1868), [from:] Contemporary Review, 9 (Dec. 1868).

VII. Religious Pluralism and Secularisation in Modern Britain.

  1. Paul Badham, "Religious Pluralism", in: Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford-Cambridge, Mass. 1994.
  2. Alan D. Gilbert, "Secularization and the Future", in: Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford-Cambridge, Mass. 1994.
  3. Eileen Barker, "New Religious Movements. Their Incidence and Significance", in: Wilson, Bryan and Cresswell, Jamie (eds.), New Religious Movements. Challenge and Response, Routledge, London and New York 2001.
  4. Gerard Gardner (1884-1964), Excerpts from The Book of Shadows: "The Initiation - First Degree" (1949), "Casting the Circle" (1949), "Power" (1953), "To Leave the Body" (1953), "The Working Tools" (1953).
  5. Principles of Wiccan Beliefs (Council of American Witches, 1974).
  6. Keepers of the Ancient Mysteries (K.A.M.), An Introduction to Traditional Wicca (1987).
  7. A Pledge to Pagan Spirituality (1960)
  8. Daven,"Druidism and Wicca: A Comparison" (2003).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.
  4. James R. Moore (ed.), Religion in Victorian Britain, Vol. III "Sources", Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York 1988. 

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.
  6. Wilson, Bryan and Cresswell, Jamie (eds.), New Religious Movements. Challenge and Response, Routledge, London and New York 2001.
  7. Zimoń, Henryk SVD (red.), Religia w świecie współczesnym. Zarys problematyki religiologicznej, TN KUL, Lublin 2001.

Paweł Rutkowski