The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland

The Culture of Protestantism in Early Modern Scotland
ISBN-10
0300092342
ISBN-13
9780300092349
Category
Religion
Pages
450
Language
English
Published
2002-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Margo Todd

Description

The Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century brought a radical shift from a profoundly sensual and ceremonial experience of religion to the dominance of the word through Book and sermon. In Scotland, the revolution assumed proportions unequaled by any other national Calvinist Reformation, with Christmas and Easter formally abolished, sabbaths turned to fasting days, and mandatory attendance of weekday as well as Sunday sermons strictly enforced as part of an invasive disciplinary regimen.

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