Providence in early modern England
By: Alexandra Walsham.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 387
Subjects: Providence and government of God -- History of doctrines -- 16th cenutury.; Providence and government of God -- History of doctrines -- 17th cenutury.; England -- Church history -- 17th century.; England -- Church history -- 16th century.
Description: "This book is the most extensive study to date of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century belief that God actively intervened in human affairs to punish, reward, and chastise. Providentialism has often been seen as a distinctive hallmark of puritan piety. However, Dr. Walsham argues that it was a cluster of assumptions that penetrated every sector of English society, cutting across the boundaries created by status, creed, education, and wealth."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p, [335]-371) and index.