The Lord's battle : preaching, print and royalism during the English revolution / William White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, William, 1992- author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain

Politics, culture and society in early modern Britain

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Royalists--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Royalists.

Sermons--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Sermons.

Preaching--Political aspects--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Preaching.

Preaching--Political aspects.

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

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Preaching, print and royalism during the English revolution

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2023.

Summary:

"This book explores the preaching and printing of sermons by royalists during the English Revolution. While scholars have long recognised the central role played by preachers in driving forward the parliamentarian war-effort, the use of the pulpit by the king's supporters has rarely been considered. The Lord's battle, however, argues that the pulpit offered an especially vital platform for clergymen who opposed the dramatic changes in Church and state that England experienced in the mid-seventeenth century. It shows that royalists after 1640 were moved to rethink earlier attitudes to preaching and print, as the unique potential for sermons to influence both popular and elite audiences became clear. As well as contributing to our understanding of preaching during the Civil Wars therefore, this book engages with recent debates about the nature of royalism in seventeenth-century England"-- From Publisher website.

Contents:

Introduction: 'These times are preaching times'

The pulpit and public politics, 1640-2

Royalist preachers and the first Civil War

Preaching, peace and providence at royalist Oxford

Sermons and the politics of counsel, 1646-51

Resisting the republican regime

Apostacy, loyalty and the Interregnum pulpit

'If the king will not comply': 1658-62

Hearing and reading royalist sermons

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-249) and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1526164701

9781526164704

OCLC:

1346535059

Publisher Number:

90102326318