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Revolutionary England, c. 1630-c. 1660 presents a series of
cutting-edge studies by established and rising authorities in the
field, providing a powerful discourse on the events, crises and
changes that electrified mid-seventeenth-century England. The
descent into civil war, killing of a king, creation of a republic,
fits of military government, written constitutions, dominance of
Oliver Cromwell, abolition of a state church, eruption into major
European conflicts, conquest of Scotland and Ireland, and
efflorescence of powerfully articulated political thinking dazzled,
bewildered or appalled contemporaries, and has fascinated scholars
ever since. Compiled in honour of one of the most respected
scholars of early modern England, Clive Holmes, this volume
considers themes that both reflect Clive's own concerns and stand
at the centre of current approaches to seventeenth-century studies:
the relations between language, ideas, and political actors; the
limitations of central government; and the powerful role of
religious belief in public affairs. Centred chronologically on
Clive Holmes' seventeenth-century heartland, this is a focused
volume of essays produced by leading scholars inspired by his
scholarship and teaching. Investigative and analytical, it is
valuable reading for all scholars of England's revolutionary
period.
Revolutionary England, c. 1630-c. 1660 presents a series of
cutting-edge studies by established and rising authorities in the
field, providing a powerful discourse on the events, crises and
changes that electrified mid-seventeenth-century England. The
descent into civil war, killing of a king, creation of a republic,
fits of military government, written constitutions, dominance of
Oliver Cromwell, abolition of a state church, eruption into major
European conflicts, conquest of Scotland and Ireland, and
efflorescence of powerfully articulated political thinking dazzled,
bewildered or appalled contemporaries, and has fascinated scholars
ever since. Compiled in honour of one of the most respected
scholars of early modern England, Clive Holmes, this volume
considers themes that both reflect Clive's own concerns and stand
at the centre of current approaches to seventeenth-century studies:
the relations between language, ideas, and political actors; the
limitations of central government; and the powerful role of
religious belief in public affairs. Centred chronologically on
Clive Holmes' seventeenth-century heartland, this is a focused
volume of essays produced by leading scholars inspired by his
scholarship and teaching. Investigative and analytical, it is
valuable reading for all scholars of England's revolutionary
period.
If terms are associated with particular historical periods, then
'polemic' is firmly rooted within early modern print culture, the
apparently inevitable result of religious controversy and the rise
of print media. Taking a broad European approach, this collection
brings together specialists on medieval as well as early modern
culture in order to challenge stubborn assumptions that medieval
culture was homogenous and characterized by consensus; and that
literary discourse is by nature 'eirenic'. Instead, the volume
shows more clearly the continuities and discontinuities, especially
how medieval discourse on the sins of the tongue continued into
early modern discussion; how popular and influential medieval
genres such as sermons and hagiography dealt with potentially
heterodox positions; and the role of literary, especially
fictional, debate in developing modes of articulating discord, as
well as demonstrating polemic in action in political and
ecclesiastical debate. Within this historical context, the position
of early modern debates as part of a more general culture of
articulating discord becomes more clearly visible. The structure of
the volume moves from an internal textual focus, where the nature
of polemic can be debated, through a middle section where these
concerns are also played out in social practice, to a more
historical group investigating applied polemic. In this way a more
nuanced view is provided of the meaning, role, and effect of
'polemic' both broadly across time and space, and more narrowly
within specific circumstances.
The voices of non-conformity are brought to the fore in this new
exploration of late seventeenth-century politics, religion and
literature. 2022 Richard L. Greaves Prize Honourable Mention Whilst
scholars have recently offered a much deeper and more persuasive
account of the centrality of religious issues in shaping the
political and cultural worlds of Restoration England, much of this
has been broad-brush and the voices of individual established
Church figures have been much more clearly heard than those of
dissenters. This book offers a fresh and challenging new approach
to the voices that the confessional state had no prospect of
silencing. It provides case studies of a range of very different
but highly articulate dissenters, focusing on their modes of
political activism and on the varieties of dissenting response
possible, and demonstrating the vitality and integrity of witnesses
to a spectrum of post-revolutionary Protestantism. It also seeks,
through an exploration of textual culture and poetic texts in
particular, to illuminate both the ways in which nonconformists
sought to engage with central authorities in Church and State, and
the development of nonconformist identities in relation to each
other. GEORGE SOUTHCOMBE is Director of the Sarah Lawrence
Programme, Wadham College, Oxford.
The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from
the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously
'witty' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor
Powell's death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot's 'A sea of
the seed's sufferings'.
The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from
the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously
'witty' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor
Powell's death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot's 'A sea of
the seed's sufferings'.
The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from
the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously
'witty' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor
Powell's death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot's 'A sea of
the seed's sufferings'.
The multi-faceted nature of dissenting verse is demonstrated, from
the sonnets of the Quaker Martin Mason to the self-consciously
'witty' acrostic used to commemorate the Fifth Monarchist Vavasor
Powell's death, to the Quaker schismatic John Perrot's 'A sea of
the seed's sufferings'.
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