Laudian and Royalist polemic in seventeenth-century England: The career and writings of Peter Heylyn 9781847791504

Looks at one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth century, whose writings lie at

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Laudian and Royalist polemic in seventeenth-century England: The career and writings of Peter Heylyn
 9781847791504

Table of contents :
Front matter
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
The making of a Laudian polemicist?
‘Civill warres amongst the Clergy’, 1632–1640
The voice of Laudianism? Polemic and ideology in Heylyn’s 1630s writings
Prosecution, royalism and newsbooks: Heylyn and the Civil War
Dealing with the Interregnum
Ecclesia Restaurata? Heylyn and the Restoration church, 1660–1688
Conclusion: religion and politics in Heylyn’s career and writings
Bibliography of selected primary sources
Index

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Laudian and royalist polemic in seventeenth¯century England

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