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Autore |
Seed John <1950-> |
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Titolo |
Dissenting histories : religious division and the politics of memory in eighteenth-century England / / John Seed |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-5130-6 |
1-281-94762-8 |
9786611947620 |
0-7486-2948-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (209 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religious thought - England - 18th century |
Dissenters, Religious - England - History - 18th century |
Freedom of religion - England - History - 18th century |
Freedom of religion - Political aspects - England - History - 18th century |
Christianity and literature - England - History - 18th century |
Freedom of religion in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Remembering the Present; 1 – The Debt of Memory: Edmund Calamy and the Dissenters in Restoration England; 2 – Protestant Liberty: Daniel Neal and The History of the Puritans; 3 – Enthusiasts, Puritans and Politics: David Hume's History of England; 4 – Enlightenment, Republicanism and Dissent: William Harris's Histories; 5 – Dissenting Histories in the 1770's and 1780's; 6 – 'The Fiction of Ancestry': Burke, History and the Dissenters; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The first major study of the historical writings of religious dissenters in England between the 1690's and the 1790's, this book redefines the way we understand religious and political identities in the eighteenth century. Dissenting Histories provides a synoptic overview of the development of religious dissent in England between the Restoration and the early nineteenth century, using Dissenters' writings to open up |
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