Religion, Culture and National Community in the 1670s

Klappentext This fascinating collection of essays illustrates the latest thinking on the crucial decade of the 1670s in Britain. In 1660! after eleven years of republican regimes! the royal restoration attempted to set the political! cultural! and religious clock back to the days of the early Stuarts. By the 1670s! however! this restoration settlement was unraveling! challenged by new ideas of religious toleration! popular sovereignty! and diverse nationality. These essays reflect and analyze such tensions and illustrate the surprising routes by which the modern world began to emerge. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Tony Claydon, Tony (EDT)/ Corns Claydon
• Mitarbeit: Professor Tony Claydon (Herausgeber), Tony Claydon (Herausgeber), Claydon Tony (Herausgeber), Thomas N. Corns (Herausgeber), Corns Thomas N. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9780708324011
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2401-1
• Seiten: 224
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Religion, Education and Cultur; Religion, Education and Culture; Religion, Education and Culture
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Religion, Culture, National, Community, Social & cultural history, History of Religion, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, European history: medieval period, middle ages, C 1600 To C 1700, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, 1670s