Julian Davies
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198203117
- eISBN:
- 9780191675720
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198203117.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, History of Religion
This chapter discusses that, for revisionist historiography, religion was a factor in the Civil War not because of the rise of Puritanism, but because of the rise of Arminianism, thus offering a ...
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This chapter discusses that, for revisionist historiography, religion was a factor in the Civil War not because of the rise of Puritanism, but because of the rise of Arminianism, thus offering a convenient explanation for the crisis of the 1640s. It explains that this revisionism is a salutary corrective to traditional historiography in that it has helped to restore religious values to one's perception of the past, has served to reinterpret Puritanism, and has aided the unmasking of the remarkable institution that was the Jacobean Church. The chapter discusses the very eclectic doctrinal position of Laud, who was indicted of Arminianism, and examines the Brownist beliefs that Laud isolated for condemnation. It also discusses the importance of the Montagu case and Charles I's pursuit of peace for the Church.Less
This chapter discusses that, for revisionist historiography, religion was a factor in the Civil War not because of the rise of Puritanism, but because of the rise of Arminianism, thus offering a convenient explanation for the crisis of the 1640s. It explains that this revisionism is a salutary corrective to traditional historiography in that it has helped to restore religious values to one's perception of the past, has served to reinterpret Puritanism, and has aided the unmasking of the remarkable institution that was the Jacobean Church. The chapter discusses the very eclectic doctrinal position of Laud, who was indicted of Arminianism, and examines the Brownist beliefs that Laud isolated for condemnation. It also discusses the importance of the Montagu case and Charles I's pursuit of peace for the Church.
ALAN MACFARLANE
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207108
- eISBN:
- 9780191677496
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207108.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter examines the impact of the cosmological shift in early modern Europe on civility. This shift from a magical and religion-dominated ...
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This chapter examines the impact of the cosmological shift in early modern Europe on civility. This shift from a magical and religion-dominated cosmology to a mechanistic and secular one occurred roughly between 1550 and 1850. The most ambitious attempt to explain this shift is given in the two major works by Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World. These books explain that reasons behind the decline in magical beliefs and the emergence of science.Less
This chapter examines the impact of the cosmological shift in early modern Europe on civility. This shift from a magical and religion-dominated cosmology to a mechanistic and secular one occurred roughly between 1550 and 1850. The most ambitious attempt to explain this shift is given in the two major works by Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic and Man and the Natural World. These books explain that reasons behind the decline in magical beliefs and the emergence of science.
Alison Forrestal
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780198785767
- eISBN:
- 9780191827570
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198785767.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History, History of Religion
For information on the life and work of Vincent de Paul, historians still depend mainly on the standard biography produced by the Vincentian Pierre Coste, the triple volume Le Grand Saint du grand ...
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For information on the life and work of Vincent de Paul, historians still depend mainly on the standard biography produced by the Vincentian Pierre Coste, the triple volume Le Grand Saint du grand siècle, even though it is close to a century since this was published. It is now widely recognized that while the disruption of the Wars of Religion (1562–98) meant that the drive for Catholic reform began later in France than elsewhere, once it was set in motion it reached levels of intensity and creativity over the first six decades of the seventeenth century which were unmatched in any other region. The Introduction locates de Paul within the historiography of the Catholic Reformation and French religious renewal, by offering a survey of the findings of the most significant research in these areas, and identifying the questions that these evoke for the assessment of de Paul’s activities.Less
For information on the life and work of Vincent de Paul, historians still depend mainly on the standard biography produced by the Vincentian Pierre Coste, the triple volume Le Grand Saint du grand siècle, even though it is close to a century since this was published. It is now widely recognized that while the disruption of the Wars of Religion (1562–98) meant that the drive for Catholic reform began later in France than elsewhere, once it was set in motion it reached levels of intensity and creativity over the first six decades of the seventeenth century which were unmatched in any other region. The Introduction locates de Paul within the historiography of the Catholic Reformation and French religious renewal, by offering a survey of the findings of the most significant research in these areas, and identifying the questions that these evoke for the assessment of de Paul’s activities.
