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by Rose, Jacqueline

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"The position of English monarchs as supreme governors of the Church of England profoundly affected early modern politics and religion. This innovative book explores how tensions in church-state relations created by Henry VIII's Reformation continued to influence relationships between the crown, Parliament and common law during the Restoration, a distinct phase in England's 'long Reformation'. Debates about the powers of kings and parliaments, the treatment of Dissenters and emerging concepts of toleration were viewed through a Reformation prism where legitimacy depended on godly status. This book discusses how the institutional, legal and ideological framework of supremacy perpetuated the language of godly kingship after 1660 and how supremacy was complicated by the ambivalent Tudor legacy. It was manipulated by not only Anglicans, but also tolerant kings and intolerant parliaments, Catholics, Dissenters and radicals like Thomas Hobbes. Invented to uphold the religious and political establishments, supremacy paradoxically ended up subverting them"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (336 p.) : : PDF file(s).

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ISBN:9780511984549, 0511984545, 9781107011427, 1107011426
oclc:on1229873867

Subjects

Church and state Church and state -- History -- 16th cen… Church and state -- History -- 17th cen… Church history Église et État -- Histoire -- 16e siècl… Église et État -- Histoire -- 17e siècl… Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1603-171… Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 1660-168… Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire religieuse … Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire religieuse … Great Britain Great Britain -- Church history -- 16th… Great Britain -- Church history -- 17th… Great Britain -- History -- Restoration… Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 16… Henry, VIII,, King of England History Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)