Gangraena and the struggle for the English revolution / Ann Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Ann, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sects--Great Britain--History--17th century--Sources.

Sects.

Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Causes.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Puritan Revolution, 1642-1660--Sources.

Great Britain--Church history--17th century--Sources.

Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647. Gangraena.

Edwards, Thomas.

Edwards, Thomas, 1599-1647--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (495 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive study of Gangraena, an intemperate anti-sectarian polemic written by a London Presbyterian Thomas Edwards and published in three parts in 1646. These books, which bitterly opposed any moves to religious toleration, were the most notorious and widely debated texts in a Revolution in which print was crucial to political moblization. They have been equally important to later scholars who have continued the lively debate over the value ofGangraena as a source for the ideas and movements its author condemned. This study includes a thorough assessment of the usefulnes

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Note on References; 1. Introduction: Approaches to Thomas Edwards's Gangraena; 2. Gangraena as Heresiography; 3. 'Like a Universal Leprosie Over-spread this Whole Kingdom': City and Provinces in Gangraena; 4. 'Books Lately Printed': Gangraena and the World of Print; 5. Edwards, Gangraena, and Presbyterian Mobilization; 6. Conclusions; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [443]-474) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-153081-6

9786610846764

1-280-84676-3

1-4356-2251-0

OCLC:

731646900