England's Second Reformation - The Battle for the Church of England 1625-1662

England's Second Reformation reassesses the religious upheavals of mid-seventeenth-century England, situating them within the broader history of the Church of England and its earlier Reformations. Rather than seeing the Civil War years as a destructive aberration, Anthony Milton demonstrates how they were integral to (and indeed the climax of) the Church of England's early history. All religious groups - parliamentarian and royalist alike - envisaged changes to the pre-war church, and all were forced to adapt their religious ideas and practices in response to the tumultuous events. Similarly, all saw themselves and their preferred reforms as standing in continuity with the Church's earlier history. By viewing this as a revolutionary 'second Reformation', which necessarily involved everyone and forced them to reconsider what the established church was and how its past should be understood, Milton presents a compelling case for rethinking England's religious history.

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Milton, Anthony (University of Sheffield) Milton, Milton Anthony
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781107196452
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19645-2
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Print on demand; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Christianity, History of Religion, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700