Puritan iconoclasm during the English Civil War /

This work offers a detailed analysis of Puritan iconoclasm in England during the 1640s. It looks at the reasons for the resurgence of image-breaking a hundred years after the break with Rome, and the extent of the phenomenon. Initially a reaction to the emphasis on ceremony and the 'beauty of h...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Spraggon, Julie, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003.
Series:Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 6.
Subjects:
1600-1699
Iconoclasm > England > 17th century.
Puritans > England > History > 17th century.
Iconoclasme > Angleterre > 17e siècle.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Iconoclasm
Puritans
England > Church history > 17th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 17e siècle.
England
Church history
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Attitudes to Images from the Reformation to the Meeting of the Long Parliament c.1536-1640
  • 2. The Argument for Reform: the Literature of Iconoclasm
  • 3. Official Iconoclasm: the Long Parliament and the Reformation of Images
  • 4. The Enforcement of Iconoclastic Legislation in the Localities
  • 5. The Response in London
  • 6. The Reformation of the Cathedrals
  • 7. Iconoclasm at the Universities; Conclusion.

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