Family of Love in English Society, 1550-1630

Klappentext This book traces the history of the outlawed mystical fellowship! the 'Family of Love'! in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. The Familists! devoted followers of a Messianic Dutch mystic named 'H. N.'! were passionately denounced by many literate contemporaries! and an association with extremism! subversion and hypocrisy has endured. The author tracks the English Familists into their houses! fields and places of work. Although members of the Family were few in number and highly secretive! identification has proved possible in contexts ranging from the court of Elizabeth I to rural villages in Cambridgeshire. The author also examines the distinctive way of life which was developed by Family members within a wider society that! on the face of it! was hostile to religious dissenters: one surprising conclusion is that most English men and women seem to have possessed an impressive capacity to tolerate known 'heretics' in their midst. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Familist belief: the quest for perfection; 3. Seedbeds and first shoots (1550-1579); 4. Development and consolidation (1565-1579); 5. Crisis (1576-1582); 6. Resolution: the pursuit of internal cohesion (1582-1603); 7. Resolution: the pursuit of external integration (1582-1603); 8. Crisis renewed (1603-1610); 9. After the first generation (1610-1700); 10. Conclusion; Appendix: the membership of the Family of Love; Bibliography; Index.

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• Autori: Christopher W. Marsh, Marsh Christopher W.
• Con la collaborazione di: Anthony Fletcher (Editore), John Guy (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 15.09.2005
• EAN: 9780521020008
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02000-8
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Cristianesimo; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Cults, Christianity, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects