Revelation Restored: The Apocalypse in Later Seventeenth-Century England

An analysis of the nature of apocalyptic and millennial beliefs that reveals concerns prominent in England in the early seventeenth century had not abated after 1660.

List of contents

Introduction
Conventions in Restoration apocalyptic interpretation
The apocalypse, radicalism, and reaction in the early Restoration
The apocalypse and moderate nonconformity
The Anglican apocalypse
The Popish Plot and apocalyptic expectation
Apocalyptic thought and the Revolution of 1688-89
Conclusion: the apocalypse to 1700

About the author

Warren Johnston

Product details

• Authors: Warren Johnston
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9781843836131
• ISBN: 978-1-84383-613-1
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: Studies in Modern British Reli; Studies in Modern British Reli
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, History - General History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Eschatology