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Dissenters, radicals, heretics and blasphemers : the flame of revolt that shines through English history /
A stream of dissent, protest, uprising and rebellion is a central part of UK history. Taking key events from both the past and modern times John Hostettler demonstrates how when legitimate avenues of challenge to the actions of the state or other powerful groups are closed to people then they are bo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waterside Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER ; Copyright; ALSO BY JOHN HOSTETTLER; Contents; About the author; Dedication; INTRODUCTION; Heroes; Dissenters; Radicals; Heretics; Blasphemers; Rebels; EARLY CONFLICT OF RELIGION AND POLITICS; Introduction; Pelagius; English Nationalism; Independence; Charge of Heresy; Indestructible Views; JOHN WYCLIFFE; Early Protestant; John of Gaunt; Church Indulgences; Bible in English; Politics; End of Pope's Power of Inquisition; Death; RELIGIOUS MARTYRDOM; Sir John Oldcastle; Abuse of Criminal Law; Transubstantiation; Found Guilty; Death by Fire; Poor Priests; WAT TYLER AND THE PEASANTS' REVOLT.
- Hated Poll TaxBlack Death; Wat Tyler and the March on London; Rebel Demands; Meeting the King; Vengeance; Heroic Message; CROMWELL'S COMMONWEALTH AND PROTECTORATE; Undermining the Traditional Ethos; John Lilburne and the Levellers; The Putney Debates; Trials of "Freeborn John"; Judges are Ciphers; "Perverse Verdict"; Women Levellers; Second Prosecution of Lilburne; Prophecy; The Diggers or True Levellers; Gerard Wynstanley; St George's Hill and Cobham; Political Programme; THE ISLAND BEDLAM; The Seekers and Ranters; Scourges of the Wealthy; Abominable Practices; Muggletonians.
- Fifth MonarchistsBarebone's Parliament; THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS; Quakers; Blasphemy; William Penn; Alleged Conspiracy; Common Law; Incredible Scenes in Court; Bushell's Case; Changing Image; JOHN COOKE; Barrister-at-Law; Solicitor-General; Prosecuting the King; "Refusal to Plead is a Confession"; Trial of John Cooke; Vitriol; JOHN MILTON; Revolutionary Ardour; Divorce Pamphlets; Secretary for Foreign Tongues; Freedom of Speech; The Restoration; Paradise Lost; Optimism; JOHN BUNYAN; From Tinker to Christian; Soldier in the New Model Army; Imprisonment; The Pilgrim's Progress.
- Milton, Bunyan, DefoeAffinity with the Ranters; DANIEL DEFOE; Political Leanings; The True-born Englishman; Defending Dissenters; Robinson Crusoe; JOHN WILKES; The Hellfire Club; The North Briton; Wilkes and Liberty!; Absurd Ruling; Massacre of St. George's Fields; Unconstitutional Ploy; Unreformed Parliament; TOM PAINE; Common Sense; The Rights of Man; Social Reform; Trial for Seditious Libel; Alleged Spy in France; The Age of Reason; Return to America; WILLIAM WILBERFORCE; The Clapham Sect; Crusade Against the Slave Trade; Morality; The End; THOMAS HARDY AND THE TREASON TRIALS OF 1794.
- Government RepressionRehearsal in Scotland; Reign of Terror; Trial of the Shoemaker; William Pitt's Testimony; Victory Tokens; Hardy to Lafayette; MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT; Early Development; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; Controversy; William Godwin; THE PETERLOO MASSACRE; "Orator" Hunt; The Yeomen Charge; York Assizes; Eventual Success; REFORM OR REVOLUTION; Franchise Anomalies; The Reform Bill; Rioting; Bristol in Flames; Aftermath; Propaganda; Francis Place; Victory; CHARTISM: JOHN FROST AND ERNEST JONES; The Peoples' Charter; Women Supporters; Divisions within the Movement; John Frost.