Combining Microhistorical and Field Theory Approaches: Lay Popular Religious Practice in England during the Long Fifteenth Century

The purpose of this article is to explore the frictions and potentials endemic in combining microhistorical and field theory approaches, using popular religion in England in the long fifteenth century as an example. In two case studies, concerning basic catechetical texts and the last wills and tes...

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Published in:Church history and religious culture
Main Author: Salter, Elisabeth 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Church history and religious culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Catechism / Will / Folk religion / History 1350-1550 / Microhistory (Subject) / Social environment
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
CH Christianity and Society
KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
RF Christian education; catechetics
XA Law
Further subjects:B last will and testament
B microhistory
B Laity
B England
B Catechisms
B Manuscript studies
B lay devotion
B Clergy
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Summary:The purpose of this article is to explore the frictions and potentials endemic in combining microhistorical and field theory approaches, using popular religion in England in the long fifteenth century as an example. In two case studies, concerning basic catechetical texts and the last wills and testaments created by a wide spectrum of the population, the article analyzes how micro- and macro-historical investigation can be tied together. Crucially, micro examples do not simply illustrate but rather add to our knowledge of the general picture. Where micro examples offer a corrective to a general picture there is potential for friction. However, the article also proposes that it is valuable to use Bourdieusian concepts of the cultural field to inventorize the micro evidence in the process of understanding historical situations and transitions more broadly.
ISSN:1871-2428
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history and religious culture
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09903007