Protestant Vision - William Harrison and the Reformation of Elizabethan England

Klappentext This book sets an Elizabethan intellectual's worldview in the broader context of European Protestant thought. Zusammenfassung This book deals with the thought of William Harrison! a well-known Elizabethan intellectual and an exponent of the thoroughgoing Protestantism which adapted continental reformed ideas to the circumstances of Tudor England. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. A Protestant Vision of History: 1. The two churches; 2. A reformed chronology - patterns and parallels; 3. A reformed chronology - interpreting the prophecies; Part II. A Protestant Vision of England: 4. A reformed church; 5. A reformed Prince; 6. A reformed commonwealth; 7. A reformed natural philosophy; Index.

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• Authors: G. J. R. Parry, G.j.r. Parry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2002
• EAN: 9780521522182
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52218-2
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; England, European History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, c 1500 onwards to present day, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1700 To C 1800