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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783945703321

Autore

Sproxton Judy

Titolo

Violence and religion : attitudes towards militancy in the French civil wars and the English Revolution / / Judy Sproxton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, April 1995

Florence, : Taylor & Francis Group [distributor]

ISBN

1-134-90156-9

0-203-31046-2

1-280-32297-7

1-134-90157-7

0-203-21754-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages)

Disciplina

261.7

940.23

Soggetti

Militarism - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines

Christian sociology - Reformed Church - Europe - History

France History 16th century

Great Britain History Civil War, 1642-1649

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [97]-100) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Calvin: violent remedies; Repression of armed hostility; Perspectives of war in the writings of Agrippa d'Aubigne; Resistance justified; A poet's account; From Calvin to Cromwell through Beard; Winstanley: the values of experience; In the shadow of God: Andrew Marvell; Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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