The Boxmaker's Revenge: 'Orthodoxy, ' 'Heterodoxy, ' and the Politics of the Parish in Early Stuart London Contributor(s): Lake, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 080474128X ISBN-13: 9780804741286 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: " This substantive investigation of parochial politics is not merely the story of a private vendetta, but rather a dynamic narrative about popular opinion in flux. . . . The Boxmaker' s Revenge deserves a wide readership among serious scholars." -- History " A brilliantly argued, erudite book." -- Religious Studies Review |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Religion | History - Religion | Christianity - History |
Dewey: 274.210 |
LCCN: 00109035 |
Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.18" W x 9.18" (1.45 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: By narrating a protracted and frequently bizarre altercation between a London minister and a member of his flock, this book provides a vivid picture of puritanism at the parish level in early Stuart England, and places this dispute in the multiple social, cultural, and political contexts necessary to understand it. |