Paul’s Cross and the Culture of Persuasion in England, 1520-1640

Torrance Kirby, DPhil (1988) in Modern History, Christ Church, University of Oxford, is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Centre for Research on Religion at McGill University. He has published extensively on the thought of Richard Hooker and recently edited A Companion to Richard Hooker (Brill, 2008).P.G. Stanwood, PhD (1961) in English Literature, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, is Professor of English Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He has published extensively on Renaissance and 17th century English Literature; Bibliography; Richard Hooker; English Reformation; Jeremy Taylor; John Donne; John Milton.

By reconstructing the history of sermons preached at Paul's Cross between 1520 and 1640 this collection of essays examines the flourishing 'culture of persuasion' which transformed England's political and religious identities and fostered a nascent public sphere.

Contributors Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Acronyms List of Illustrations Introduction Part 1 Situating Paul's Cross 1 John Schofield Reconstructing St Paul's Cathedral, 1520-1640 2 Natalie Mears Paul's Cross and nationwide special worship, 1533-1642 3 John N. Wall Virtual Paul's Cross: the experience of public preaching after the Reformation Part 2 Early Tudor Sermons, 1520-1558 4 Cecilia Hatt 'The tree and the weed': John Fisher's Paul's Cross sermons 5 Richard Rex Paul's Cross and the Crisis of the 1530s 6 Ralph S. Werrell Reformation conflict between Stephen Gardiner and Robert Barnes, Lent 1540 7 John N. King Paul's Cross and the implementation of Protestant reforms under Edward VI 8 Torrance Kirby Public conversion: Richard Smyth's 'Retractation' at Paul's Cross in 1547 9 Jason Zuidema 'Lords and labourers': Hugh Latimer's homiletical hermeneutics 10 Mark Rankin The style and logic of James Brooks's 1553 'Reconciliation Sermon' Part 3 Elizabethan Sermons, 1558-1603 11 Angela Ranson The challenge of Catholicity: John Jewel at Paul's Cross 12 Thomas Dabbs Paul's Cross and the dramatic echoes of early-Elizabethan print 13 David Neelands Richard Hooker's Paul's Cross sermon 14 Gerard Kilroy Edmund Campion in the shadow of Paul's Cross: the culture of disputation 15 Ellie Gebarowski-Shafer Thomas Bilson and Anti-Catholicism at Paul's Cross 16 Steven W. May Queen Elizabeth's performance at Paul's Cross in 1588 17 P.G. Stanwood John Copcot, John Whitgift, and Mark Frank: 'right cause and faithful obedience' 18 W. Bradford Littlejohn Bancroft versus Penry: conscience and authority in late-Elizabethan polemics Part 4 Jacobean and Caroline Sermons, 1603-1640 19 Anne James Preaching the Good News: William Barlow narrates the fall of Essex and the Gunpowder Plot 20 Roze Hentschell 'Paul's Work': repair and renovation of St Paul's Cathedral, 1561-1625 21 Jeanne Shami The Love-sick Spouse: John Stoughton's 1624 Paul's Cross sermon in context 22 Kathleen O'Leary Sermon, Salvation, Space: John Donne's performative mode and the politics of accommodation 23 Mary Morrissey The Paul's Cross Jeremiad and other sermons of exhortation 24 Susan Wabuda Lost at Paul's Cross: unrecorded sermons Bibliography Index