Synopses & Reviews
Aspects of English Protestantism examines the reverberations of the Protestant Reformation, which contented up until the end of the 17th century. In this wide-ranging book Nicholas Tyacke looks at the history of Puritanism, from the Reformation itself, and the new marketplace of ideas that opened up, to the establishment of the freedom of worship for Protestant non-conformists in 1689. Tyacke also looks at the theology of the Restoration Church, and the relationship between religion and science.
About the Author
Nicholas Tyacke is Reader in History at University College, London.
Table of Contents
Re-Thinking the English Reformation * The "Rise of Puritanism" and the Legalizing of Dissent * Popular Puritan Mentality in Late Elizabethan England * The Fortunes of English Puritanism * Puritanism, Arminianism and Counter-Revolution * The Rise of Arminianism Reconsidered * Anglican Attitudes * Archbishop Laud * Arminianism and English Culture * Science and Religion at Oxford before the Civil War * Religious Controversy During the 17th Century * Appendix: Defining Arminianism