Burn, Holy Fire! by Jeremy Goring - 9780718830403

Burn, Holy Fire!Religion in Lewes Since the Reformation\nAuthor(s): Jeremy Goring\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Lutterworth Press\nISBN-13: 9780718830403, 978-0718830403\nSynopsis\nLewes, the county town of East Sussex, is famous for its impressive bonfire night celebrations. The author examines the origins and importance of this festival and sheds new light on the commemoration of the martyrs burned for their beliefs, hundreds of years ago. Burn, Holy Fire! takes its title from a hymn by a collateral descendant of one of the men burned in the fire depicted on its cover, a formidable reminder of the religious fervour which dominated Europe during this turbulent period. Jeremy Goring traces the development of this town from the Reformation to the present day. Lewes was noted for its assimilation of a variety of Christian beliefs, from the rise of Puritanism and the Great Ejection, through the emergence of Nonconformity and the subse.