Author: William M. MarshallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
George Hooper, 1640-1727, Bishop of Bath and Wells
Author: William M. MarshallPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Bishops and Power in Early Modern England
Author: Marcus K. HarmesPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1472509757
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Armed with pistols and wearing jackboots, Bishop Henry Compton rode out in 1688 against his King but in defence of the Church of England and its bishops. His actions are a dramatic but telling indication of what was at stake for bishops in early modern England and Compton's action at the height of the Restoration was the culmination of more than a century and a half of religious controversy that engulfed bishops. Bishops were among the most important instruments of royal, religious, national and local authority in seventeenth-century England. While their actions and ideas trickled down to the lower strata of the population, poor opinions of bishops filtered back up, finding expression in public forums, printed pamphlets and more subversive forms including scurrilous verse and mocking illustrations. Bishops and Power in Early Modern England explores the role and involvement of bishops at the centre of both government and belief in early modern England. It probes the controversial actions and ideas which sparked parliamentary agitation against them, demands for religious reform, and even war. Bishops and Power in Early Modern England examines arguments challenging episcopal authority and the counter-arguments which stressed the necessity of bishops in England and their status as useful and godly ministers. The book argues that episcopal writers constructed an identity as reformed agents of church authority. Charting the development of this identity over a hundred and fifty years, from the Reformation to the Restoration, this book traces the history of early modern England from an original and highly significant perspective. This book engages with many aspects of the social, political and religious history of early modern England and will therefore be key reading for undergraduates and postgraduates, and researchers working in the early modern field, and anyone who has an interest in this period of history.
Catalogue of a Collection of Historical Tracts, 1561-1800, in DLXXXII Volumes
Author: Redpath LibraryPublisher: London : Printed by the donor for private circulation
ISBN:
Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
A Brief Biographical Dictionary
Author: Charles HolePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits
Author: British Museum. Department of Prints and DrawingsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Conscience, Consciousness and Ethics in Joseph Butler's Philosophy and Ministry
Author: Bob TennantPublisher: Boydell Press
ISBN: 1843836122
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Offers a new interpretation of Butler's theology and suggests that exploration of his methods may contribute to modern thinking about ethics, language, the Church as well as religion and science.
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
George I
Author: Ragnhild HattonPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300212968
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
In 1714 George Ludwig, the fifty-eight-year-old elector of Brunswick-Luneburg, became, as George I, the first of the Hanoverian dynasty to rule Britain. Until his death in 1727 George served as both elector of Hanover and British monarch. An enigmatic figure whose real character has long been concealed by anti-Hanoverian propaganda, George emerges in this groundbreaking biography as an impressive ruler who welcomed the responsibilities the accession brought him and set out to bring culture to what he considered the unsophisticated English nation. Ragnhild Hatton’s biography is the only comprehensive account of George’s life and reign. It draws on a wide range of archival sources in several languages to illuminate the fascinating details of George’s early life and dynastic crises, his plans and ambitions for the British nation, the impact of his rationalist ideas, and his accomplishments as king. The book also examines the king’s private life, his family relationships in both Prussia and England, his private interest in music and the arts, and the improvement of his British and Hanoverian properties.
Dutch Puritanism: A History of English and Scottish Churches of the Netherlands in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Author: Keith L. SprungerPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004477020
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Seventeenth-century Oxford
Author: Nicholas TyackePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199510146
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1456
Book Description
Volume IV of the magisterial History of the University of Oxford covers the seventeenth century, a period when both institutionally and intellectually the University was expanding. Oxford and its University, moreover, had a major role to play in the tumultuous religious and political eventsof the century: the Civil War, the Commonwealth, the Restoration. In this volume, leading experts in several fields combine to present a comprehensive and authoritative analysis and overview of the rich pattern of intellectual, political, and cultural life in seventeenth-century Oxford.