| Foreign Protestant Communities in Sixteenth-Century London Contributor(s): Pettegree, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198229380 ISBN-13: 9780198229384 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1987 Annotation: This study examines the impact of the first major influx of foreign refugees into Britain--the Protestant exiles of the Reformation era who came to escape persecution by the Catholic powers in France and the Low Countries. The refugees were generally well received by an English government that was aware of their economic potential. They came to exercise a powerful influence over the Reformation at home and abroad and provided a significant economic structure for a flagging economy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Religion | Christianity - Denominations |
| Dewey: 280.409 |
| LCCN: 86008663 |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.9" W x 8.88" (1.36 lbs) 340 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study examines the impact of the first major influx of foreign refugees into Britain--the Protestant exiles of the Reformation era who came to escape persecution by the Catholic powers in France and the Low Countries. The refugees were generally well received by an English government that was aware of their economic potential. They came to exercise a powerful influence over the Reformation at home and abroad and provided a significant economic structure for a flagging economy. |
