From Persecution to Toleration: The Glorious Revolution and Religion in England - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0198201966 ISBN 13: 9780198201960

Casa editrice: Clarendon Press, 1991

Riassunto

This book examines the importance of the Glorious Revolution and the passing of the Toleration Act to the development of religious and intellectual freedom in England. Most historians have considered these events to be of little significance in this connection. From Persecution to Toleration focuses on the importance of the Toleration Act for contemporaries, and also explores its wider historical context and impact. Taking its point of departure from the intolerance of the sixteenth century, the book goes on to emphasize what is here seen to be the very substantial contribution of the Toleration Act for the development of religious freedom in England. It demonstrates that his freedom was initially limited to Protestant Nonconformists, immigrant as well as English, and that it quickly came in practice to include Catholics, Jews, and anti-Trinitarians.

Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.

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`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed'Journal of Interdisciplinary History

`Some essays take very broad themes and offer elegant and neatly illustrated commentaries on the familiar ... it the collection] does offer a variety of distinctive comfits for those with a sweet tooth.'John Morrill, The Higher

`interesting collection' Anne Whiteman, Huguenot Society Proceedings

`The reader ... benefits from the wider European perspective adopted by the editors, especially the investigation of the Anglo-Dutch dimension. The centrepiece of the volume is Jonathan Israel's superb essay on William III and toleration.' Colin Kidd, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

'an interesting collection of essays'Jeremy Gregory, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12 (1993)

Product Description

The revolution of 1688 has traditionally been seen as a constitutional turning-point. Was it also a watershed in the religious history of England? Some historians have recently argued that the religious freedoms achieved under the Toleration Act of 1689 had been anticipated earlier, during the Interregnum and under Charles II and James II. This book sets out to examine the position of religious minorities in England at the end of the 17th century and to place the development of religious toleration in its wider historical context. The scholars who contribute to this volume explore a variety of themes, including the nature of religious dissent, the idea of freedom of conscience, and attitudes towards the Huguenot community. They examine not only Protestant dissent, but also Catholicism, Judaism, and Deism. This book aims to re-establish the importance of religion in the historical assessment of the Glorious Revolution and its consequences. The work is aimed at scholars and students of early modern British history, historians of the 1688 Revolution, and constitutional and religious historians.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Clarendon Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198201966
• ISBN 13: 9780198201960
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 456
• Redattore: Grell Ole Peter, Israel Jonathan I., Tyacke Nicholas
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile