1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384693503316

Autore

Delamer George Booth, Baron, <1622-1684.>

Titolo

The declaration of the lords, gentlemen, citizens, freeholders, and yeomen of this once happy kingdome of England [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n., 1659]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Soggetti

BroadsidesEngland

Great Britain History Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1660 Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

By George Booth, Baron Delamer.

Explaining that they have taken up arms "in defence of our selves, and all others, who will partake with us in the vindication and maintenance of the freedome of Parliaments".

Imprint from Wing.

This edition includes "A letter from Sir George Booth to a friend" following the text of the declaration. The letter from Booth was also published separately in the same year (Wing D871).

Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library.

Identified by ESTC as Wing (2nd ed., 1994) D870. .

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970603703321

Autore

Mullett Michael A

Titolo

Calvin / / Michael Mullett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1989

ISBN

1-86013-076-3

1-134-98991-1

1-280-56724-4

9786610567249

0-203-12969-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (79 p.)

Collana

Lancaster pamphlets

Disciplina

284/.2/092

B

Soggetti

Reformation

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 (p. 67-68).

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: the importance of Calvin and Calvinism; 1. Religion andf the church in early sixteenth-century France; 2. Christian humanism; 3. John Calvin: the early years; 4. The Institutes of Christian Religion; 5. Geneva; 6. Strassburg; 7. Return to Geneva; 8. The years of opposition; 9. The road to victory; 10. Calvin's leadership: foreign policy; 11. The Genevan Academy; 12. Calvin: scholar, writer, organizer; 13. Finale; 14. The expansion of Calvinism; Suggested further reading

Sommario/riassunto

In this lucid and readable study, Michael Mullet explains the historical importance of a man and a movement whose influence are still felt in the modern world. The  pamphlet locates John Calvin in the context of early 16th-century France and then charts his emergence as an influential theologian and civic religious leader in the 'second generation' of reformers following Luther. After exploring the  main lines of Calvin's theology, set out in the Institutes, the central section deals with the difficult process by which his authority was imposed on, or accepted by, Geneva. Finally, the