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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816086503321

Autore

Greaves Richard L.

Titolo

John Bunyan and English nonconformity / / Richard Greaves

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Rio Grande, Ohio : , : Hambledon Press, , 1992

ISBN

1-4725-9894-6

1-282-02459-0

9786612024597

0-8264-2043-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Disciplina

828/.407

Soggetti

Christian literature, English - History and criticism

Dissenters, Religious - Political activity - England - History - 17th century

Dissenters, Religious, in literature

Puritan movements in literature

Radicalism in literature

Radicalism - England - History - 17th century

Religion and politics - England - History - 17th century

Great Britain Politics and government 1660-1688

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 'To Be Found Faithful': The Nonconformist Tradition in England, 1660-1700; 2 The State of Historical Scholarship; 3 Conscience, Liberty, and the Spirit: Bunyan and Nonconformity; 4 The Organizational Response of Nonconformity to Repression and Indulgence: The Case of Bedfordshire; 5 Bunyan and Nonconformity in the Midlands and East Anglia; 6 The Spirit and the Sword: Bunyan and the Stuart State; 7 Bunyan and the Changing Face of Popery; 8 Bunyan and the Fifth Monarchists; 9 The Holy War and London Nonconformity

10 Amid the Holy War: Bunyan and the Ethic of Suffering11 The Authorship of Reprobation Asserted; 12 Tercentenary Reflections; 13 Conventicles, Sedition, and the Toleration Act of 1689; Index



Sommario/riassunto

"This volume is a comprehensive collection of articles on Bunyan as well as including several broader views of the Nonconformist tradition."--Bloomsbury Publishing.