Gibson's book is both enlightening and helpful for Methodist historians as well as those interested in seventeenth and eighteenth century English history.
William Gibson is Professor of Ecclesiastical History and Director of the Oxford Centre for Methodism and Church History at Oxford Brookes University. Professor Gibson has written widely on the Church and politics in the post-Restoration period. He is editor of the Journal of Religious History, Literature and Culture, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries.