Godly Kingship in Restoration England - The Politics of the Royal Supremacy, 1660-1688

Sommario

Introduction: the Restoration, the Reformation, and the royal supremacy; 1. Foundations and legacies: the Reformation and the royal supremacies, 1530-1660; 2. The Crown and the Cavalier Anglicans: prerogative, Parliament, and ecclesiastical law; 3. Spiritual authority and royal jurisdiction: the question of bishops; 4. Dissenters and the supremacy: the question of toleration; 5. Anticlericals and 'Erastians': the spectre of Hobbes; 6. Catholics and Anglicans: James II and Catholic supremacy; Conclusion.

Info autore

Jacqueline Rose is a lecturer and Director of Studies at Newnham College, Cambridge. She researches and teaches extensively on early modern political, religious and intellectual history.

Riassunto

This innovative book explores how tensions in church-state relations created by Henry VIII's Reformation continued to influence relationships between the crown, Parliament and common law during the Restoration and how the institutional, legal and ideological framework of supremacy perpetuated the language of godly kingship after 1660.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jacqueline Rose, Jacqueline (University of St Andrews Rose, Rose Jacqueline
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 23.01.2014
• EAN: 9781107689886
• ISBN: 978-1-107-68988-6
• Pagine: 332
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Early Mod; Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; England, European History, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599