Judy Sproxton

Violence and Religion

Attitudes towards militancy in the French civil wars and the English Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Sproxton examines a recurring theme in history: the tension between religious faith and political and militant action, studies texts written during two periods of major political upheaval, by such figures as Calvin, D'Aubigne, Cromwell, Winstanley

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 277g
• ISBN-13: 9780415076814
• ISBN-10: 0415076811
• Artikelnr.: 21344210

Autorenporträt

Judy Sproxton is Lecturer in French at the University of Birmingham.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1 Calvin: violent remedies, Repression of will, Repression of
armed hostility 2 Perspectives of war in the writings of Agrippa d'Aubigné
3 Resistance justified The pamphleteers' account, A poet's account 4 From
Calvin to Cromwell through Beard 5 Winstanley: the values of experience 6
In the shadow of God: Andrew Marvell 7 Conclusion