Militant Protestantism and British Identity, 16031642

Focusing on the impact of Continental religious warfare on the society, politics and culture of English, Scottish and Irish Protestantism, this study is concerned with the way in which British identity developed in the early Stuart period.

List of contents

Acknowledgments; The Union of the Crowns, the Public Sphere and Great Expectations; Chapter 1 Militant Aspiration and British Identity in Jacobean Britain, 1603–18; Chapter 2 Aspiration Deferred: the Spanish Match, the Outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War and Domestic Political Polarization, 1619–29; Chapter 3 The British Soldier Abroad: Robert Monro, Militant Protestantism and the Personal Rule of Charles I; Chapter 4 The Protestant Cause and the British Context of Covenanter Propaganda, 1637–40; Chapter 5 Long Parliament, Britain and the Protestant Cause, 1641; Chapter 6 The Irish Rebellion, the Palatinate and the Descent into Civil War, 1641–2;

About the author

Jason White

Product details

• Authors: Jason White, White Jason
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781138664333
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66433-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Warfare, Society and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches