The Post-Reformation: Religion, Politics and Society in Britain, 1603-1714 / Edition 1

by John Spurr

Overview

The 17th century was a dynamic period characterized by huge political and social changes, including the Civil War, the execution of Charles I, the Commonwealth and the Restoration. The Britain of 1714 was recognizably more modern than it was in 1603. At the heart of these changes was religion and the search for an acceptable religious settlement, which stimulated the Pilgrim Fathers to leave to settle America, the Popish plot and the Glorious Revolution in which James II was kicked off the throne.

This book looks at both the private aspects of human beliefs and practices and also institutional religion, investigating the growing competition between rival versions of Christianity and the growing expectation that individuals should be allowed to worship as they saw fit.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780582319066
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/22/2006
Series:	Religion, Politics and Society in Britain
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

John Spurr is Professor of History at the University of Swansea. He is the author of The Restoration of The Church of England 1646-1689 (Yale U.P., 1991), English Puritanism, 1603-1689 (Palgrave, 1998), and England in the 1670s: ‘This Masqerading Age’(Blackwell, 2000). He has edited volume 1 (1677-85) of the forthcoming Roger Morrice’s Entring Book, the last great unpublished seventeenth-century diary. He is at work on a history of oaths and swearing in the early modern period.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Post-Reformation 1. England, Ireland and Scotland in 1603 Part 1: Religion and Politics 2. James I (1603-25) 3. Charles I (1625-38) 4. Civil War and Revolution (1638-49) 5. The Commonwealth and Protectorate (1649-60) 6. Charles II (1660-85) 7. James II, Revolution and Toleration (1685-9) 8. William III and Anne (1689-1714) Part 2: Religion and Society 9. The Evidence of Religion 10. Church and Community 11. Church-Going 12. Religion Outside the Church Conclusion: Post-Reformation Britain Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

Review of the first three books in the Religion, Politics and Society in Britain series:
''All three writers have made distinguished contributions to the specialist literature and, on the basis of these books, this will prove a most promising series intellectually, as well as one that offers much to students.''

Jeremy Black, Professor of History, Exeter University

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