The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays

Abstract

106 / Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme English Reformation, as well as its implementation at one locality.One learns much about the reaction of provincial dwellers, as well as the processes by which they filtered and adjusted the changes to suit the needs of their community.Perhaps more important, the analysis addresses a critical issue in Reformation studies and raises several questions.To return to McClendon's thesis, how do we understand the extraordinary skill demonstrated by Norwich's elites in mediating these tortu- ous religious and cultural shifts?Is this case unique?Why was their constructive sense of civic identity, independence, and responsibility replicated so infrequently within England and throughout western Europe?Were other magistrates in other towns inept, incapable, uninterested in managing events?To pose an obvious counter-factual query, could confessional strife have been avoided?At the very least, McClendon challenges historians to review the evidence and rethink their interpretations.

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