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Laudian and Royalist Polemic in Seventeenth-Century England: The Career and Writings of Peter Heylyn

By Anthony Milton

Book information

Publisher
Manchester University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0719064449, 9780719064449
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1290097 bytes)
Series
Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain
Pages
288\268
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-11-27 01:15:10
Criticism Theory History Literature Fiction Britis

Description

This is the first full-length study of one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the 17th century--Peter Heylyn. It provides for the first time a detailed analysis of the ways in which Laudian and royalist polemical literature was created. The author presents new perspectives on the origins and development of Laudianism and "Anglicanism," and on the tensions within royalist thought. Milton's book constructs an integrated account of Heylyn's career and writings to provide the key to understanding a profoundly polemical author. Throughout the book, Heylyn's shifting views and fortunes prompt an important reassessment of the relative coherence and stability of royalism and Laudianism. Historians of early modern English politics and religion and literary scholars will find this book essential reading.

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