Blair Worden

God's Instruments

Political Conduct in the England of Oliver Cromwell

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Produktbeschreibung

A detailed study of the religious and political character of the most revolutionary decade of English history, from the execution of Charles I in 1649 to the return of his son in 1660. Explores the minds and conduct of the dominant figure of the era, Oliver Cromwell, and his friends and enemies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 434
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 157mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 794g
• ISBN-13: 9780199570492
• ISBN-10: 0199570493
• Artikelnr.: 36454750

Autorenporträt

Blair Worden studied at Pembroke College Oxford and Harvard before becoming a Research Fellow of Pembroke College Cambridge and then Director of Studies in History at Selwyn College Cambridge. He then returned to Oxford and was Fellow and Tutor in History at St Edmund Hall from 1974 to 1995. He was Professor of History at Sussex from 1996 to 2003 and Research Professor of History at Royal Holloway College London from 2005-11. He has taught and has been Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor at the Huntingdon Library in California. He was Literary Director of the Royal Historical Society from 1986 to 1990, and British Academy Research Professor from 2000-2003.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Cromwell and the Sin of Achan
2: Providence and Politics
3: Toleration and the Protectorate
4: Politics, Piety, and Learning: Cromwellian Oxford
5: Cromwell and his Councillors
6: Cromwell and the Protectorate
7: Kingship and the Commonwealth
8: Civil and Religious Liberty
9: John Milton: Life and Writing
10: Clarendon: History, Religion, Politics