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Religion and the Enlightenment - 1600-1800: Conflict and the Rise of Civic Humanism in Taunton

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by William Gibson

    • Author

      William Gibson

    • Book Format

      Paperback / softback

    • Publisher

      Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W

    • Published

      January 2007

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      Religion and the Enlightenment - 1600-1800: Conflict and the Rise of Civic Humanism in Taunton

      Today's Price £62.75

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      Product Description

      This book considers how Early Modern England was transformed from a turbulent and rebellious kingdom into a peaceable land. By considering the history of Taunton, Somerset, the most rebellious town in the kingdom, it is possible to see how the emerging features of the Enlightenment - moderation, reason and rational theology - effected that transformation. The experience of Taunton in the seventeenth century was marked by economic fluctuations of the cloth trade and military struggles in the Civil War, the Monmouth Rebellion and the Glorious Revolution. The primary motivation for the citizens was zealous Puritanism. It inspired support for Parliament and rebellion against James II. But in the final quarter of the century a new rational and moderate Protestantism emerged from the largest Nonconformist congregation in the country and from a distinguished dissenting academy. The study shows that both the militancy of the seventeenth century and the enlightened moderation of the eighteenth century were principally inspired by religious rather than secular values. This book contributes to our understanding of England's transformation and of the religious factors that stimulated it.

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      • Author

        William Gibson

      • Book Format

        Paperback / softback

      • Publisher

        Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W

      • Published

        January 2007

      • Weight

        560g

      • Dimensions

        152 x 224 x 23 mm

      • ISBN

        9783039109227

      • ISBN-10

        3039109227

      • Eden Code

        4724947

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      • Author/Creator: William Gibson

      • ISBN: 9783039109227

      • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W

      • Release Date: January 2007

      • Weight: 560g

      • Dimensions: 152 x 224 x 23 mm

      • Eden Code: 4724947

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