CLARE KELLAR
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199266708
- eISBN:
- 9780191708930
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199266708.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that ...
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This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that these methods provide an important insight into the development of self-consciously British calls for reformation in 1559-1560. It discusses that by reinterpreting events from the past, English and Scottish exiles, primarily in Geneva, reached an assurance that their two countries shared a common Protestant destiny. It shows that the extension of this vision to include he kingdom of Ireland demonstrated the ambitious range of their thinking. It adds that in expressing their beliefs, the Genevans exhibited the universal tendency among the exiles to think in apocalyptic terms, offering reproaches, explanations, and exhortations to guide future conduct.Less
This chapter identifies the Scottish members of the ‘privy kirks’ and the Marian exiles. It examines their contributions to the volatile religious and political debate among the exiles. It adds that these methods provide an important insight into the development of self-consciously British calls for reformation in 1559-1560. It discusses that by reinterpreting events from the past, English and Scottish exiles, primarily in Geneva, reached an assurance that their two countries shared a common Protestant destiny. It shows that the extension of this vision to include he kingdom of Ireland demonstrated the ambitious range of their thinking. It adds that in expressing their beliefs, the Genevans exhibited the universal tendency among the exiles to think in apocalyptic terms, offering reproaches, explanations, and exhortations to guide future conduct.
