`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed' Journal of Interdisciplinary History

`Some essays take very broad themes and offer elegant and neatly illustrated commentaries on the familiar ... it the collection] does offer a variety of distinctive comfits for those with a sweet tooth.' John Morrill, The Higher

`interesting collection' Anne Whiteman, Huguenot Society Proceedings

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`The reader ... benefits from the wider European perspective adopted by the editors, especially the investigation of the Anglo-Dutch dimension. The centrepiece of the volume is Jonathan Israel's superb essay on William III and toleration.' Colin Kidd, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

'an interesting collection of essays' Jeremy Gregory, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12 (1993)

This book examines the importance of the Glorious Revolution and the passing of the Toleration Act to the development of religious and intellectual freedom in England. Most historians have considered these events to be of little significance in this connection. From Persecution to Toleration focuses on the importance of the Toleration Act for contemporaries, and also explores its wider historical context and impact. Taking its point of departure from the intolerance of the sixteenth century, the book goes on to emphasize what is here seen to be the very substantial contribution of the Toleration Act for the development of religious freedom in England. It demonstrates that his freedom was initially limited to Protestant Nonconformists, immigrant as well as English, and that it quickly came in practice to include Catholics, Jews, and anti-Trinitarians. Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.
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This book examines the position of religious minorities in England at the end of the 17th century and places the development of religious toleration in its wider historical context.
Introduction; The rise of Puritanism and the legalizing of dissent 1571-1719; The cohabitation of the faithful with the unfaithful; The French and Walloon communities in London 1550-1688; From persecution to integration: the decline of the Anglo-Dutch communities in England 1642-1702; William III and toleration; The claim to freedom of conscience: freedom of speech, freedom of thought; freedom of worship?; The Deist challenge; The Jews of England and 1688; Disorder and innovation: the reshaping of the French churches of London after the glorious revolution; The reception of the Huguenots in England and the Dutch Republic 1680-1690; The twilight of Puritanism in the years before and after 1688; The theory of religious intolerance in restoration England; English Catholics after 1688; Toleration and religion after 1688; Appendices; Index
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`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed' Journal of Interdisciplinary History
`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed' Journal of Interdisciplinary History `Some essays take very broad themes and offer elegant and neatly illustrated commentaries on the familiar ... it the collection] does offer a variety of distinctive comfits for those with a sweet tooth.' John Morrill, The Higher `interesting collection' Anne Whiteman, Huguenot Society Proceedings `The reader ... benefits from the wider European perspective adopted by the editors, especially the investigation of the Anglo-Dutch dimension. The centrepiece of the volume is Jonathan Israel's superb essay on William III and toleration.' Colin Kidd, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'an interesting collection of essays' Jeremy Gregory, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12 (1993)
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ISBN
9780198201960
Publisert
1991
Utgiver
Vendor
Clarendon Press
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
219 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
456