England's second Reformation : the battle for the Church of England, 1625-1662 / Anthony Milton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milton, Anthony, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history.

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England--History--17th century.

Church of England.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 528 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

England's Second Reformation reassesses the religious upheavals of mid-seventeenth-century England, situating them within the broader history of the Church of England and its earlier Reformations. Rather than seeing the Civil War years as a destructive aberration, Anthony Milton demonstrates how they were integral to (and indeed the climax of) the Church of England's early history. All religious groups - parliamentarian and royalist alike - envisaged changes to the pre-war church, and all were forced to adapt their religious ideas and practices in response to the tumultuous events. Similarly, all saw themselves and their preferred reforms as standing in continuity with the Church's earlier history. By viewing this as a revolutionary 'second Reformation', which necessarily involved everyone and forced them to reconsider what the established church was and how its past should be understood, Milton presents a compelling case for rethinking England's religious history.

Contents:

An unresolved Reformation

Situating the Laudian reformation

Responses to the Laudian reformation

The abortive reformation 1640-42

The end of Episcopalian reformation

Reformation by negotiation

The Westminster reformation and the Parliamentarian Church of England 1642-49

The royalist Church of England 1642-29

Alternative reformations 1649-53

The Cromwellian church

Episcopalian royalism in the 1650s

Failed reformations 1659-61

The end of comprehensive reformation and the Caroline Settlement.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2021).

ISBN:

9781108174107

1108174108

9781108169301

1108169309

9781108164757

1108164757

OCLC:

1492975312