William Perkins and the Making of a Protestant England
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780199681525
Subjects: Theologians; Reformation, england; Great britain, church history, 16th century
Description: A study of the theology of William Perkins (1558-1602), a prominent Cambridge scholar and teacher during the reign of Elizabeth I. Though often described as a Puritan, W.B. Patterson argues that Perkins was in fact a prominent and effective apologist for the established church.