Puritanism and Revolution: Studies in Interpretation of the English Revolution of the Seventeenth Century

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This illuminating collection of essays assesses the 17th century, interpreting what used to be called "The Puritan Revolution," the ideas which helped to produce it and resulted from it, and the relations between these ideas and the political events of the day. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Recent Interpretations of the Civil War....Pages 3-29 Social and Economic Consequences of the Henrician Reformation....Pages 30-45 The Norman Yoke....Pages 46-111 The English Revolution and the Brotherhood of Man....Pages 112-138 The Agrarian Legislation of the Revolution....Pages 139-177 Front Matter....Pages 179-179 Lord Clarendon and the Puritan Revolution....Pages 181-194 William Perkins and the Poor....Pages 195-215 The Political Sermons of John Preston....Pages 216-247 Thomas Hobbes and the Revolution in Political Thought....Pages 248-268 James Harrington and the People....Pages 269-281 The Mad Hatter....Pages 282-289 John Mason and the End of the World....Pages 290-302 Society and Andrew Marvell....Pages 303-331 Clarissa Harlowe and Her Times....Pages 332-356 Back Matter....Pages 357-365