Political and religious practice in the early modern British world (Politics, Culture and Society in Early Modern Britain)

This volume brings together cutting-edge research by some of the most innovative scholars of early modern Britain. Inspired in part by recent studies of the early modern ‘public sphere’, the twelve chapters collected here reveal an array of political and religious practices that can serve as a foundation for new narratives of the period. The practices considered range from deliberation and inscription to publication and profanity. The narratives under construction range from secularisation to the rise of majority rule. Many of the authors also examine ways British developments were affected by and in turn influenced the world outside of Britain. These chapter will be essential reading for students of early modern Britain, early modern Europe and the Atlantic World. They will also appeal to those interested in the religious and political history of other regions and periods. Front Matter Dedication Contents List of figures Notes on contributors Introduction: Post-revisionism and the history of practices in the early modern British world Part I: Political and religious practices Stealing bibles in early modern London Printed English-language Bible concordances to c. 1640 and intentions for lay Bible use In the company of merchants: Edward Sherburne, the East India Company, and the transformation of Stuart political practices Consensual conflict in the early Stuart House of Commons John Hacket’s Scrinia Reserata and the oral history of early Stuart England ‘Man of moderation’: the Restoration bishop of Norwich Hoadly the high and Sacheverell the low: religious and political celebrity in post-revolutionary England Part II: British, European, and Atlantic dimensions The Nine Years’ War in Ireland (1594–1603) as problem of government Luisa de Carvajal, her ‘Life’, and the place of women in Counter-Reformation politics Of gods and beasts: the many bodies of James VI and I Empire of heresy: Samuel Gorton, Gerrard Winstanley, and the London roots of transatlantic revolutionary religion Index This volume brings together cutting-edge research by some of the most innovative scholars of early modern Britain. Inspired in part by recent studies of the early modern ‘public sphere’, the twelve chapters collected here reveal an array of political and religious practices that can serve as a foundation for new narratives of the period. The practices considered range from deliberation and inscription to publication and profanity. The narratives under construction range from secularization to the rise of majority rule. Many of the authors also examine ways British developments were affected by and in turn influenced the world outside of Britain. This volume explores the theme of religious and political practices in early modern Britain. -- .