Religion, Culture and National Community in the 1670s

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This is a fascinating collection of essays illustrating the latest thought on the crucial decade of the 1670s in Britain. This was a period in which it could be argued the modern world began to emerge. These essays reflect and analyse these tensions, illustrating the surprising routes by which 'modern' ideas made progress.
Introduction - Living with masquerade: the recent scholarship of the 1670s in the Stuart realms TONY CLAYDON and THOMAS N. CORNS 1 Paradise postponed: the nationhood of nuns in the 1670s NICKY HALLETT 2 The Anglo-Scottish union proposals of 1670 CLARE JACKSON 3 Bunyan's 'certain place': fleeing Esau in the 1670s BETH LYNCH 4 Literary innovation and social transformation in the 1670s NIGEL SMITH 5 'Great agents for libertinism': Rochester and Milton JAMES GRANTHAM TURNER 6 'From the hearts of the people': loyalty, addresses and the public sphere in the exclusion crisis TED VALLANCE 7 King Philip's war and the edges of civil religion in 1670s London ELLIOTT VISCONSI

Sujets

• Medieval
• Histoire
• Reino Unido
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• History
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: University of Wales Press
• Date de parution: 15 juin 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780708324455
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Religion, Education and Culture

Religion, Culture and National Community in the 1670s

Edited by Tony Claydon and Thomas N. Corns

University of Wales Press

Religion, Culture and National Community in the 1670s

Religion, Education and Culture

Series Editors: William K. Kay (Glyndŵr University, Wrexham) Leslie J. Francis (University of Warwick) Jeff Astley (University of Durham)

This series addresses issues raised by religion and education within contemporary culture. It is intended to be of benefit to those involved in professional training as ministers of religion, teachers, counsellors, psychologists, social workers and health professionals, while also contributing to the theoretical development of the academic fields from which this training is drawn.

Religion, Culture and National Community in the 1670s

Edited by TONY CLAYDON and THOMAS N. CORNS

UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS CARDIFF 2011

© The Contributors, 2011

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ISBN eISBN

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Typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt, Cardiff Printed by the University of Wales Press

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction – Living with masquerade: the recent scholarship of the 1670s in the Stuart realms  TONY CLAYDONandTHOMAS N. CORNS

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Paradise postponed: the nationhood of nuns in the 1670s  NICKY HALLETT

The AngloScottish union negotiations of 1670  CLARE JACKSON

Bunyan’s ‘certain place’: fleeing Esau in the 1670s  BETH LYNCH

Literary innovation and social transformation in the 1670s  NIGEL SMITH

‘Great agents for libertinism’: Rochester and Milton  JAMES GRANTHAM TURNER

‘From the hearts of the people’: loyalty, addresses and the public sphere in the exclusion crisis  TED VALLANCE

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King Philip’s war and the edges of civil religion in 1670s London  ELLIOTT VISCONSI

Bibliography

Index

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Acknowledgements

The editors wish to thank the contributors for their patience and professionalism in dealing with their enquiries, William Kay for his key role as our link with the press, and Linda Jones for her invaluable and essential help with the practical organization, indexing and copy editing of the volume. This work is hers as much as it is ours.