Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 806 g
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 806 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-820196-0
Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
This book examines the importance of the Glorious Revolution and the passing of the Toleration Act to the development of religious and intellectual freedom in England. Most historians have considered these events to be of little significance in this connection. From Persecution to Toleration focuses on the importance of the Toleration Act for contemporaries, and also explores its wider historical context and impact. Taking its point of departure from the
intolerance of the sixteenth century, the book goes on to emphasize what is here seen to be the very substantial contribution of the Toleration Act for the development of religious freedom in England. It demonstrates that his freedom was initially limited to Protestant Nonconformists, immigrant as well as
English, and that it quickly came in practice to include Catholics, Jews, and anti-Trinitarians.
Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.
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Introduction; The rise of Puritanism and the legalizing of dissent 1571-1719; The cohabitation of the faithful with the unfaithful; The French and Walloon communities in London 1550-1688; From persecution to integration: the decline of the Anglo-Dutch communities in England 1642-1702; William III and toleration; The claim to freedom of conscience: freedom of speech, freedom of thought; freedom of worship?; The Deist challenge; The Jews of England and 1688; Disorder
and innovation: the reshaping of the French churches of London after the glorious revolution; The reception of the Huguenots in England and the Dutch Republic 1680-1690; The twilight of Puritanism in the years before and after 1688; The theory of religious intolerance in restoration England; English
Catholics after 1688; Toleration and religion after 1688; Appendices; Index
