[PDF] Routledge Library Editions Puritanism eBook

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 3481 pages
File Size : 27,50 MB
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1000519260

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Originally published between 1930 and 1988 many of the volumes in this set are based upon years of painstaking archival research in private and published papers. They provide many insights into the Puritan world of the early 17th Century and: Analyse the economic depression in the mid-1600s and the resultant unemployment and poverty which caused social upheaval. Discuss the importance of the divisions among the Puritans for political processes within both the church and wider society. Examine the motivation of the Puritans who emigrated. Discuss the impact the Puritan family had on the spiritual development of the Anglo-American world.

Author : J. T. Cliffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 28,77 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1000223337

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Originally published in 1988, and the companion book to The Puritan Gentry, covering the period of the Civil War, the English republic and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, this book gives an account of how the godly interest of the Puritans dissolved into faction and impotence. The fissures among the Puritan gentry stemmed, as the book shows, from a conflict between their zeal in religion and the conservative instincts which owed much to their wealth and status.

Author : Owen C. Watkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000225674

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Originally published in 1972 and based on extensive research and use of source materials including manuscripts, this book examines Puritan spiritual autobiographies written before 1725 and sets them in the context of the literary tradition out of which they grew. As well as Bunyan, Baxter and Fox, this book also discusses important works which have received less attention, notably the Confessions of Richard Norwood, the Bermudan settler. The book identifies 3 strands in the tradition: the work of the ‘orthodox’ Puritans; the prophets of the Commonwealth, and the confessions and journals of the early Quakers. The social, religious and literary factors which contributed to their development are discussed and it is shown how the self-analysis popularized by the Puritan preachers and writers contributed to the development of the novel. The book will be of particular value to those interested in 17th Century literature or religion.

Author : Levin L. Schücking
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 28,54 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000226182

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Originally published in 1969, this study examines the religious and ethical community which had an immense influence on the spiritual development of the Anglo-American world – the family in Puritan England. The book makes extensive reference to the outstanding literary works of the period and to the Puritan ‘conduct-books’, thus illustrating the Puritan way of thinking and attitude to life and showing the relationship between the development of literary taste and the social class system.

Author : Allen French
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 44,9 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1000224023

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Originally published in 1955 and based on research of public records and other contemporary sources, this book builds up an excellent picture of England before the Civil War. Through a series of case studies, it examines the type of person who emigrated to New England and their motivation for doing so. The wealth of evidence from original documents is clearly arranged and provides a refreshing reassessment of the period, showing that although religious conviction was a clear motive for emigration, the Puritan were also seeking security from hardships of other kinds.

Author : J. T. Cliffe
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 21,11 MB
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1000222977

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Originally published in 1984, this was the first detailed study of the impact of Puritan influences on the wealthy county families of early Stuart England. It discusses one of the central issues in the history of the English Civil War: what motivated those men and women who risked all in opposition to King Charles I. The book looks at the role played by gentry families in the advancement or defence of ‘true religion’, and considers the reasons why powerful families which helped to govern the counties were to be found among the godly. It explores the conflict between class values and the exacting demands of an austere religious philosophy and examines the relationship between the Puritan gentry and the clerical Puritans who included authors, university dons, schoolmasters, lecturers and parish clergy.

Author : T. R. Glover
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 30,82 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1000225011

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Originally published in 1915, the essays in this book deal with 9 English writers – as diverse in outlook and temperament as Bunyan and Boswell; poets and Puritans and men who were neither. The book examines each writer in his historical and social context – facing problems in art or religion and life in general.

Author : A.L. Rowse
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,68 MB
Release : 2023-04-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 100087026X

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Reflections on the Puritan Revolution (1986) examines the damage done by the Puritans during the English Civil War, and the enormous artistic losses England suffered from their activities. The Puritans smashed stained glass, monuments, sculpture, brasses in cathedrals and churches; they destroyed organs, dispersed the choirs and the music. They sold the King’s art collections, pictures, statues, plate, gems and jewels abroad, and broke up the Coronation regalia. They closed down the theatres and ended Caroline poetry. The greatest composer and most promising scientist of the age were among the many lives lost; and this all besides the ruin of palaces, castles and mansions.

Author : Patrick Collinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 23,30 MB
Release : 2020-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1000223450

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Originally published in 1967, this book is a history of church puritanism as a movement and as a political and ecclesiastical organism; of its membership structure and internal contradictions; of the quest for ‘a further reformation’. It tells the fascinating story of the rise of a revolutionary moment and its ultimate destruction.

Author : Margaret James
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 23,83 MB
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1000208400

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Originally published in 1930 and reprinted in 1966 this book focusses on the social and economic developments of the Puritan revolution – aspects which are often overlooked in favour of the political. Using archival resources, this study shows that the period 1640-1660 was one of change and experiment in the social as well as political sphere. Particular focus is given to the depression in industry and agriculture and the resultant increase in poverty and unemployment. The extent to which the traditional authority of church and state was weakened, is also discussed.