ABSTRACT This article examines the pious and commemorative practices of female testators in the Lincolnshire wills proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury between 1509 and 1558, held at The National Archives. Lincolnshire was one of the largest counties and formed part of the largest diocese in the country, so it provides a geographically extensive case study of female testamentary practice, important because the rate of female testators is low. Wills provided an opportunity for women to shape their pious identities and choose how they wished to be remembered after their deaths. Changing government policies impacted upon female attitudes towards remembrance and material culture and the ideals of the new Protestant religion also affected the nature of post-mortem charitable provision. The article explores how far these wills can be used to trace changes in religious attitudes across the period of the early Reformation in Lincolnshire.

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纪念改革？1509-1558 年林肯郡女性立遗嘱人的奉献实践

摘要 本文考察了 1509 年至 1558 年间在国家档案馆举行的坎特伯雷特权法院证明的林肯郡遗嘱中女性立遗嘱人的虔诚和纪念做法。林肯郡是最大的县之一，也是该国最大教区的一部分，因此它提供了地域广泛的女性遗嘱实践案例研究，这很重要，因为女性立遗嘱人的比例很低。遗嘱为女性提供了塑造她们虔诚身份并选择她们希望在死后如何被铭记的机会。不断变化的政府政策影响了女性对纪念和物质文化的态度，新教的理想也影响了死后慈善提供的性质。