Revolutionary England and the national covenant
Subtitle: state oaths, Protestantism, and the political nation, 1553-1682
By: Edward Vallance.
Publisher: Boydell Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK; Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Church and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Church and state -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Protestantism -- England -- History -- 17th century; Protestantism -- England -- History -- 16th century; Oaths -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century; Oaths -- Great Britain -- History -- 16th century; Reformation -- England; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1603-1714; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1485-1603; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1642-1660
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-243) and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the idea of a national covenant in England; title: The Long Parliament and the national covenant; title: Protestation, vow, and covenant; title: Covenants and allegiance, 1642-1646; title: Secular contracts or religious covenants?; title: Protestation, vow, and covenant, the public response; title: The Solemn League and covenant, 1644-1682; title: A covenant for liberty of conscience : the Levellers, the Diggers, and the national covenant; title: The covenant, the execution of Charles I, and the English republic; title: Covenants, oaths, and the restoration settlement; title: Epilogue : 'to the present happy establishment' : Protestant associations in the eighteenth century; title: Conclusion.