Baal's Priests: The Loyalist Clergy and the English Revolution (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History) - Image 1

Price loading...

Routledge Baal's Priests: The Loyalist Clergy and the English Revolution (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

Name: Baal's Priests: The Loyalist Clergy and the English Revolution (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)
Brand: Routledge

Stuart Britain

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price history will appear here once data is collected from Amazon.

Price Distribution

No price data available for histogram

Description

The English Civil War was a time of disruption, suffering and persecution for many people, not least the clergy of the established church, who found themselves ejected from their livings in increasing numbers as Parliamentarian forces extended their control across the country. Yet, historians have tended to downplay their suffering, preferring in most cases to concentrate instead upon the persecution suffered by dissenters after the Restoration. Drawing upon an impressive array of sources - most notably the remarkable set of family and parish memories collected by John Walker in the early years of the eighteenth century - this book refocuses attention on the experiences of the sequestered loyalist clergy during the turbulent years of the 1640s and 1650s. The study highlights how the experiences of the clergy can help illuminate events in wider society, whilst at the same time acknowledging the unique situation in which Church of England ministers found themselves. For although the plundering, imprisonment and personal loss of the clergy was probably indicative of the experiences of many ordinary people on middle incomes, the ever present religious dimension to the conflict ensured particular attention was paid to those holding religious office. During the war and interregnum, zealous religious reformers attacked every aspect of established religion, targeting both existing institutions and those who supported them. Clergy were ejected on an unprecedented scale, suffering much violence and persecution and branded as 'malignants' and 'baal's priests'. By re-examining their history, the book offers a balanced assessment of the persecution, challenging many preconceptions about the ejected loyalists, and providing new insights into the experiences and legacies of this influential group.

Product Specifications

Brand: Routledge
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1409455777
Category: Books > Subjects > History > Europe > Great Britain > Stuart Britain
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 April 2013
Listed Since: 30 November 2012

Barcode

No barcode data available

Routledge Baal's Priests: The Loyalist Clergy and the English Revolution (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

Price History & Forecast

No Price Data Available

Price Distribution

Description

Product Specifications

Barcode

Similar Products You Might Like

Baal's Priests: The Loyalist Clergy and the English Revolution (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

Scandal and Religious Identity in Early Stuart England: A Northamptonshire Maid's Tragedy (Studies in Modern British Religious History)

Spectres of John Ball: The Peasants' Revolt in English Political History, 1381-2020

Routledge Commonwealth and the English Reformation Book

Anglicans, Dissenters and Radical Change in Early New England, 1686–1786 (Studies in Modern History)

Routledge - Sin and Salvation in Reformation England Book

Routledge - Princes, Pastors and People: English Religion Book

Somerset's loyalties on the eve of Civil War: bishops, Ireland and Parliamentary petitioners (Studies in Somerset's History)

Anglicans, Dissenters and Radical Change in Early New England, 1686–1786 (Studies in Modern History)

The Cult of King Charles the Martyr (Studies in Modern British Religious History)

Routledge - England's Wars of Religion, Revisited - History Book

Routledge - The Church at War: Medieval England History Book

The Church at War: The Military Activities of Bishops, Abbots and Other Clergy in England, c. 900-1200 (Church, Faith and Culture in the Medieval West)

House Divided: Christianity in England, 1526-1829

The National Covenant and the Solemn League and Covenant, 1660-1696: 46 (Studies in Early Modern Cultural, Political and Social History)

The Crisis of British Protestantism: Church Power in the Puritan Revolution, 1638–44 (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

God and War: The Church of England and Armed Conflict in the Twentieth Century

Reason and Religion in Late Seventeenth-Century England: The Politics and Theology of Radical Dissent: 84 (International Library of Historical Studies)

The Clergy in Early Modern Scotland: 9 (St Andrews Studies in Scottish History)

The Puritan Revolution: A Documentary History: 8 (Routledge Library Editions: Puritanism)

Magistrates, Madonnas and Miracles: The Counter Reformation in the Upper Palatinate (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

Church Life: Pastors, Congregations, and the Experience of Dissent in Seventeenth-Century England

Worship and the Parish Church in Early Modern Britain (St Andrews Studies in Reformation History)

Catholics during the English Revolution, 1642-1660: Politics, Sequestration and Loyalty