English Presbyterianism, 1590-1640 Hardcover - 2010

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Author: Ha, Polly
ISBN: 9780804759878

by Polly Ha

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This book offers an alternative interpretation of pre-Civil War England, challenging the standard narrative that English presbyterianism was successfully extinguished from the late sixteenth century until its prominent public resurgence during the English Civil War.

From their emergence in the 1570s, English presbyterians posed a threat to the Church of England, and, in 1592, the English crown arrested the leaders of the presbyterian movement. Ha shows that, during the ensuing half century of apparent silence, English presbyterians remained continually active. They made a concerted effort, for example, to build an alliance with common lawyers against episcopal authority. Yet they also sought to prove the compatibility of their church government with royal supremacy. They agitated for further reformation of the Church of England, but by the early seventeenth century they had contributed to the birth of 'independency' and to puritan appeals to neo-Roman views of liberty.

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Title English Presbyterianism, 1590-1640
Author Polly Ha
Binding Hardcover
Edition First Edition
Pages 320
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, USA
Date 2010-12-01
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780804759878 / 0804759871
Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 2.79 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Religious Orientation: Christian
Library of Congress subjects England - Church history - 17th century, Church and state - England - History - 17th
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010011334
Dewey Decimal Code 285.242

About the author

Polly Ha is Lecturer at the School of History, University of East Anglia. She is co-editor, with with Patrick Collinson, of The Reception of Continental Reformation in Britain (2010).