Turbulent, Seditious and Factious People - John Bunyan and His Church

Zusatztext “Magnificent and searching study … provocative! absorbing and hugely knowledgeable.” — Sunday Times “Hill claims to put Bunyan back into his ‘revolutionary age’ … and is totally successful.” — London Review of Books “The commanding interpreter of seventeenth-century England.” — Guardian “The dean and paragon of English historians.” —E.P. Thompson! author of The Making of the English Working Class “Wide-ranging! popular and immensely prolific … the dominant figure in studies of the period.” — Telegraph Informationen zum Autor Christopher Hill (1912-2003), born in York, was a historian and academic specializing in seventeenth-century English history. As a young man he witnessed the growth of the Nazi party firsthand during a prolonged holiday in Germany, an experience he later said contributed to the radicalization of his politics. He was master of Balliol College, University of Oxford, his alma mater, from 1965 to 1978. His celebrated and influential works include Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution ; The World Turned Upside Down ; and A Turbulent, Seditious and Fractious People: John Bunyan and His Church . Klappentext Preacher! Soldier! Rebel: Who was the author of Pilgrim's Progress! one of the most influential books ever written? Zusammenfassung Preacher! Soldier! Rebel: Who was the author of Pilgrim's Progress! one of the most influential books ever written?

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Hill, HILL CHRISTOPHER
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781784786861
• ISBN: 978-1-78478-686-1
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; England, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, English, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Christianity, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Church history, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Biography: writers, C 1600 To C 1700, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form