The results of the Reformation and the church/state polity it created have consistently been a space of vital scholarly debate. The essays during this quantity, by means of a number of the prime students of the interval, revisit a few of the very important concerns through the interval from the Henrician Reformation to the wonderful Revolution: theology, political buildings, the connection of theology and secular ideologies, and the Civil warfare. themes comprise Puritan networks and nomenclature in England and within the New international; examinations of the altering theology of the Church within the century after the Reformation; the evolving dating of paintings and protestantism; the providentialist taking into consideration Charles I; the operation of the penal legislation opposed to Catholics; and protestantism within the localities of Yorkshire and Norwich. KENNETH FINCHAM is Reader in background on the collage of Kent; Professor PETER LAKE teaches within the division of heritage at Princeton college. individuals: THOMAS COGSWELL, RICHARD CUST, PATRICK COLLINSON, THOMAS FREEMAN, PETER LAKE, SUSAN HARDMAN MOORE, DIARMAID MACCULLOCH, ANTHONY MILTON, PAUL SEAVER, WILLIAM SHEILS
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