R.J. Acheson

Radical Puritans in England 1550 - 1660

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Produktbeschreibung

This study of religious tensions in Early Modern England explores the different religious separatist movements between 1550-1660. It describes the development of radical sectarianism during the reign of Charles I and explores why the unity of radical cause was shattered following the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.

Produktdetails

• Seminar Studies
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 141mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 164g
• ISBN-13: 9780582355156
• ISBN-10: 058235515X
• Artikelnr.: 39215833

Autorenporträt

R.J. Acheson

Inhaltsangabe

Part One: The Background:
The Radical Tradition.
Part Two Analysis:
1 The Blood of the Martyrs is the Seed of the Church: The Marian
Persecution and the Growth of Separatism.
2. Religious Separatism in the Reign of Elizabeth I.
3. Religious Divisions in Jacobean England.
4. `The Two Smoaking Firebrands': Laud and the Growth of Religious
Separatism.
5. The Disciplining of Dissent: Presbyterians, Congregationalists and
Baptists 1640 - 1660.
6. `Happy Seeker, Happy Finder': The Seekers.
7. `All Manner of Filthiness': The Ranters.
8 `The Truth of Light Within': The Quaker Movement.
Part Three: Assessment
9. The Radical Legacy.
Part Four: Documents.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.