
From Persecution to Toleration
The Glorious Revolution and Religion in England
Clarendon Press
Published on 23. May 1991
Book
Hardback
456 pages
978-0-19-820196-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book examines the importance of the Glorious Revolution and the passing of the Toleration Act to the development of religious and intellectual freedom in England. Most historians have considered these events to be of little significance in this connection. From Persecution to Toleration focuses on the importance of the Toleration Act for contemporaries, and also explores its wider historical context and impact. Taking its point of departure from the intolerance of the sixteenth century, the book goes on to emphasize what is here seen to be the very substantial contribution of the Toleration Act for the development of religious freedom in England. It demonstrates that his freedom was initially limited to Protestant Nonconformists, immigrant as well as English, and that it quickly came in practice to include Catholics, Jews, and anti-Trinitarians.
Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.
Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.
Reviews / Votes
`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed'Journal of Interdisciplinary History `Some essays take very broad themes and offer elegant and neatly illustrated commentaries on the familiar ... it the collection] does offer a variety of distinctive comfits for those with a sweet tooth.'
John Morrill, The Higher `interesting collection'
Anne Whiteman, Huguenot Society Proceedings `The reader ... benefits from the wider European perspective adopted by the editors, especially the investigation of the Anglo-Dutch dimension. The centrepiece of the volume is Jonathan Israel's superb essay on William III and toleration.'
Colin Kidd, Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'an interesting collection of essays'
Jeremy Gregory, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12 (1993)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
frontispiece, 17 facsimiles, halftones
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
806 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-820196-0 (9780198201960)
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Persons
Editor
, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Cambridge
Professor of Dutch History and InstitutionsProfessor of Dutch History and Institutions, University College London
Senior Lecturer in HistorySenior Lecturer in History, University College London
Content
Introduction; The rise of Puritanism and the legalizing of dissent 1571-1719; The cohabitation of the faithful with the unfaithful; The French and Walloon communities in London 1550-1688; From persecution to integration: the decline of the Anglo-Dutch communities in England 1642-1702; William III and toleration; The claim to freedom of conscience: freedom of speech, freedom of thought; freedom of worship?; The Deist challenge; The Jews of England and 1688; Disorder and innovation: the reshaping of the French churches of London after the glorious revolution; The reception of the Huguenots in England and the Dutch Republic 1680-1690; The twilight of Puritanism in the years before and after 1688; The theory of religious intolerance in restoration England; English Catholics after 1688; Toleration and religion after 1688; Appendices; Index