Puritanism in the Period of the Great Persecution 1660-1688

Klappentext In this 1957 work, Dr Cragg has written a detailed history of Puritanism in the Commonweatlth. Zusammenfassung Under Cromwell Puritanism had dominated the whole of English life. With his death and the collapse of the Commonwealth there was an immediate change. In this 1957 work! Dr Cragg has written a detailed history of Puritanism in this period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. The background of persecution; 2. The pattern of persecution; 3. 'Persecuted but not forsaken'; 4. 'Shades of the prison house'; 5. Puritan ways: the individual and his experience; 6. The corporate life of the Puritan people; 7. 'By prater and the preaching of the word'; 8. The clash of ideas; 9. On the threshold of toleration; Abbreviations used in the notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Gerald R. Cragg, Cragg Gerald R.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9781107640405
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64040-5
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches