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 su...
England experienced great societal changes in the seventeenth-century. Deep rooted tensions between ...
Despite the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a kingless republic, the period of the E...
Up to the reign of the Tudors and in some respects to the Stuarts, Parliament was controlled by the ...
The position of English monarchs as supreme governors of the Church of England profoundly affected e...
The nature and extent of the royal supremacy over the Church of England proved contentious in Restor...
This paper analyzes the development of James I’s theory of divine right in England and how its appli...
Comparative analysis of the impact of religion on liberal political development is hampered by the p...
During the reign of King Henry VIII, England experienced a sudden change in the realm of religion. I...
The Roman Catholic Church, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, waa an international organizat...
This thesis demonstrates the importance of scholastic philosophy and natural law to the theory of ...
This thesis argues that Restoration English debate over sovereignty and state was dominated by attem...
This paper examines the contesting histories of the sixteenth-century English Reformation produced d...
This thesis is a work of constitutional theory focusing on the Bill of Rights [1688]. It posits this...
The Tudor dynasty of Early Modern England has long-fascinated historians. They collectively represen...
The literature of religious controversy that appeared between 1603 and 1642 was concerned with much ...
England experienced great societal changes in the seventeenth-century. Deep rooted tensions between ...
Despite the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a kingless republic, the period of the E...
Up to the reign of the Tudors and in some respects to the Stuarts, Parliament was controlled by the ...
The position of English monarchs as supreme governors of the Church of England profoundly affected e...
The nature and extent of the royal supremacy over the Church of England proved contentious in Restor...
This paper analyzes the development of James I’s theory of divine right in England and how its appli...
Comparative analysis of the impact of religion on liberal political development is hampered by the p...
During the reign of King Henry VIII, England experienced a sudden change in the realm of religion. I...
The Roman Catholic Church, at the beginning of the sixteenth century, waa an international organizat...
This thesis demonstrates the importance of scholastic philosophy and natural law to the theory of ...
This thesis argues that Restoration English debate over sovereignty and state was dominated by attem...
This paper examines the contesting histories of the sixteenth-century English Reformation produced d...
This thesis is a work of constitutional theory focusing on the Bill of Rights [1688]. It posits this...
The Tudor dynasty of Early Modern England has long-fascinated historians. They collectively represen...
The literature of religious controversy that appeared between 1603 and 1642 was concerned with much ...
England experienced great societal changes in the seventeenth-century. Deep rooted tensions between ...
Despite the execution of Charles I and the establishment of a kingless republic, the period of the E...
Up to the reign of the Tudors and in some respects to the Stuarts, Parliament was controlled by the ...