William Prynne and the Politics of Reaction

ISBN-13: 9783836471220 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 372 str.

Bard Baukol

Opis

William Prynne tenaciously sought to maintain the political and religious order of Gods elect nation. Prynnes view on the corruption in Charles Is court blocked out any possibility for him to support Charless religious programs. Prynnes concern over the destruction of Gods order defined his politics and drew him into conflict with diverse notable individuals such as Charles I, Archbishop William Laud, John Lilburne, Oliver Cromwell, and John Milton. Prynne opposed Charles I, but supported the restoration of Charles II; he opposed the prosecution of Charles I, but prosecuted Laud; he advocated parliamentary sovereignty, but opposed the Armys control and republican governments.This book hopes to define what Prynne sought to maintain. Prynnes confrontation with Archbishop William Laud, Prynnes advocacy of parliamentary sovereignty during the First Civil War, his theological and ontological disagreements with religious Independents, and his belief that the New Model Armys actions disrupted Gods plan are major topics of "William Prynne and the Politics of Reaction."