A kingdom in two parishes
Subtitle: Lancashire religious writers and the English monarchy, 1521-1689
By: Malcolm Hardman.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Madison, N.J; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
Subjects: Theology -- England -- Bolton (Greater Manchester) -- History.; Theology -- England -- Deane (Parish) -- History.; Church and state -- England -- Greater Manchester -- History -- 16th century.; Church and state -- England -- Greater Manchester -- History -- 17th century.; Monarchy -- England.; Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Religious aspects.; Bolton (Greater Manchester, England) -- Church history.; Deane (England : Parish) -- History.; Greater Manchester (England) -- Church history -- 16th century.; Greater Manchester (England) -- Church history -- 17th century.
Description: The market town of Bolton in the County and royal Duchy of Lancaster has been noted by specialist scholars and general writers alike for its extraordinary contribution to the history of the Reformation, Civil War, and Nonconformity, and to its stream of vigorous religious writers. In this book for the first time these authors are located in their native landscape and discussed in their rich individuality and as a group.

Aiming at supremacy in church and state, Henry VIII had destroyed regional pilgrimage shrines that drew both earthly and religious loyalty. Seeking a fairer image of God in Trinity, religious writers felt compelled to modify political concepts of authority, sovereignty, and assent already associated with Father, son, and Spirit. In the process, both God and the king were transformed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.335-343). - Includes index.