Robert Parkyn’s narrative of the reformation offers a conservative viewpoint of the popular response to the English reformation in the form of an unpublished account/narrative. This is useful as it gives us a detailed account of a priest who at the time (drafted in 1568) had managed to change or conceal what once were his traditional conservative attitudes in order to remain residing in his area, showing how much the English reformation had an effect on everyday lives. However, looking at this particular source does limit us in the fact that a narrative is a very one-sided preconception and therefore may not always be trustworthy when looking at the popular response of the whole.
Likewise, the wills of Anne Buckenham and Nicholas Wyse also …show more content…
Similarly Wyse seemed to also be in the upper class category and therefore wills during this time tend not to tell us about the response to society pre-reformation from the working class as they were not inclined to transcribe a will due to the lack of belongings. There also is a lack of representation from women in the transcription of wills as they had to fall into a certain classification to be considered, which was rare in the 16th century thus are not …show more content…
In order for me to analyse how people, as a whole, responded to the English reformation in terms of the wills I’d have to compare these wills with the wills of that living during and after the reformation to see how the popular response differed. The narrative on the other hand took us from 1932 pre-reformation all the way to 1954 therefore experienced Edwards reign in which Protestantism was established for the first time in England and Mary’s reign in which she reversed all of Edwards protestant reforms. Therefore the narrative gives us a fuller picture of the popular response to the English reformation as it is
Likewise, the wills of Anne Buckenham and Nicholas Wyse also …show more content…
Similarly Wyse seemed to also be in the upper class category and therefore wills during this time tend not to tell us about the response to society pre-reformation from the working class as they were not inclined to transcribe a will due to the lack of belongings. There also is a lack of representation from women in the transcription of wills as they had to fall into a certain classification to be considered, which was rare in the 16th century thus are not …show more content…
In order for me to analyse how people, as a whole, responded to the English reformation in terms of the wills I’d have to compare these wills with the wills of that living during and after the reformation to see how the popular response differed. The narrative on the other hand took us from 1932 pre-reformation all the way to 1954 therefore experienced Edwards reign in which Protestantism was established for the first time in England and Mary’s reign in which she reversed all of Edwards protestant reforms. Therefore the narrative gives us a fuller picture of the popular response to the English reformation as it is