The National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant, 1660-1696

Examines how the form and function of the Covenants were shorn of religious implications and repurposed, serving a pluralistic vision of the role of religion in politics and public life.

List of contents

Introduction
1 The 1638 National Covenant and the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant
2 1660: What was to be Restored?
3 The Act of the Uniformity and the 'Great Ejection'
4 Crisis and Toleration in the 1660s
5 Exclusion and Association in the Late Restoration Period
6 The Revolution of 1688 and the Association of 1696
Conclusion

About the author

JAMES WALTERS graduated with a PhD from the University of Hull.

Summary

Examines how the form and function of the Covenants were shorn of religious implications and repurposed, serving a pluralistic vision of the role of religion in politics and public life.

Product details

• Authors: James Walters
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781783276042
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-604-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 163 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 466 g
• Illustrations: 2 b/w illus.
• Series: Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History; Studies in Early Modern Cultur
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works