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Dissenting histories [electronic resource]
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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 new and different perspectives on how the past was perceived in this period. These writings are located within the wider political culture and the author explores how the long shadow
| Title |
Dissenting histories [electronic resource] : religious division and the politics of memory in eighteenth-century England / John Seed. |
|---|---|
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher |
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press |
| Creation Date |
c2008 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-199) and index. English |
| Content |
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 |
| Extent |
1 online resource (209 p.) |
| Language |
English |
| National Library system number |
997010715339905171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- 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.
- Literature and Christianity
- Freedom of religion Law and legislation
- Freedom of worship
- Intolerance
- Liberty of religion
- Religious freedom
- nne Religious liberty
- Separation of church and state
- Believers' church
- Conformity (Religion)
- Nonconformists, Religious
- Nonconformity (Religion)
- Protestant dissenters
- Separatism (Religion)
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