Plagues of the heart : crisis and covenanting in a seventeenth-century Scottish town / Michelle D. Brock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brock, Michelle D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protestantism--Scotland--Ayr--History--17th century.

Protestantism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.

Summary:

"Using a wide range of archival material and a microhistorical approach, iPlagues of the heart/i explores the formation, practice and performance of protestant identity amid the interlocking crises of the seventeenth century. Taking the southwestern port city of Ayr as a remarkable but revealing case study, this book argues that under the stewardship of a generation of radical clergy, Scotland developed a distinct and durable ‘culture of covenanting’. This culture was created not simply by swearing the National Covenant of 1638 and the Solemn League and Covenant of 1643, but through reimagining the post-Reformation program of discipline and worship around hard-line interpretations of those covenants. This compelling story of one Scottish town and its long-serving minister offers a fresh understanding of how protestant communities across the early modern world grappled with religion and identity during a remarkably tumultuous age."-- From JSTOR.

Contents:

Clergy and covenants

Plague

Saints and sinners

Occupation

Restoration and rebellion

The old protestor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed April 20, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Brock, Michelle D. Plagues of the heart.

ISBN:

9781526160911

1526160919

OCLC:

1472830428

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license