London presbyterians and the British revolutions is a case study in the politics of metropolitan religion and presbyterianism in the middle decades of the seventeenth-century.
This is the first book-length exploration of presbyterians and presbyterianism in London during the crisis period of the mid-seventeenth century. It charts the emergence of a movement of clergy and laity that aimed at ‘reforming the Reformation’ by instituting presbyterianism in London’s parishes and ultimately the Church of England. The book analyses the movement’s political narrative and its relationship with its patrons in the parliamentarian aristocracy and gentry. It also considers the political and social institutions of London life and examines the presbyterians’ opponents within the parliamentarian camp. Finally, it focuses on the intellectual influence of presbyterian ideas on the political thought and polity of the Church and the emergence of dissent at the Restoration.
By:
Elliot Vernon
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 484g
ISBN: 9781526174611
ISBN 10: 1526174618
Series: Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 The radicalisation of conformist puritanism, c. 1638–40 2 Smectymnuus and the attack on episcopacy in 1641 3 The emergence of the London presbyterian movement, 1642–3 4 London presbyterians and the fracture of parliamentarianism, 1644–5 5 The campaign for presbyterian church government, 1645–6 6 The political presbyterian moment, 1646–7 7 Presbyterian church government in the Province of London, 1646–60 8 The London presbyterians and the projected settlements of the British civil wars, 1647–9 9 ‘Mr Love’s case’ and the London presbyterian struggle against the English republic, 1649–51 10 Cromwellian Britain, c. 1653–9 11 The Restoration, 1659–60 12 Epilogue: the Cavalier Parliament, the Great Ejection of 1662 and the first years of dissent Conclusion Index -- .
Elliot Vernon is a barrister and a historian of seventeenth-century Britain -- .
Reviews for London Presbyterians and the British Revolutions, 1638–64
"""This is a significant study that should bring the English Presbyterians to the centre of a much-trodden stage. Elliot Vernon deserves thanks from the scholarly community for rescuing a group that have been noticed but ignored."" Alan Argent, Congregational History Society Magazine, Vol. 10, No 1, 2022 -- ."
