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PublisherBoydell & Brewer, The Limited

ISBN-100851158951

ISBN-139780851158952

eBay Product ID (ePID)2384261

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Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NamePuritan Iconoclasm During the English Civil War

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2003

SubjectChristianity / History, Christian Church / History, General, Europe / Great Britain / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion, History

AuthorJulie Spraggon

SeriesIssn Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight23.6 Oz

Item Length9.6 in

Item Width6.8 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2002-012938

ReviewsA balanced, well-written and thoroughly researched account of an important element of the Puritan campaign to reform religious life in revolutionary England.... A very good book.... A comprehensive and authoritative account...which will prove very valuable. HISTORY A welcome addition....An admirably full account of the legislative programme of progressive iconoclasm of the 1640s and the ways in which it was implemented.... There is much to learn and reflect on in this ably researched book. ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY

Series Volume Number6

Volume Number6

IllustratedYes

SynopsisThis work offers a detailed analysis of Puritan iconoclasm in England during the 1640s. It looks at the reasons for the resurgence of image-breaking a hundred years after the break with Rome, and the extent of the phenomenon. Initially a reaction to the emphasis on ceremony and the 'beauty of holiness' under Archbishop Laud, the attack on 'innovations', such as communion rails, images and stained glass windows, developed into a major campaign driven forward by the Long Parliament as part of its religious reformation. Increasingly radical legislation targeted not just 'new popery', but pre-Reformation survivals and a wide range of objects including some which had been acceptable to the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church. A detailed survey is made of parliament's legislation against images, and the work of its Committee for the Demolition of Monuments of Superstition and Idolatry, headed by Sir Robert Harley. The question of how and how far this legislation was enforced generally is considered, with specific case studies looking at the impact of the iconoclastic reformation in London, in the cathedrals and at the universities. Parallel to this official movement was an unofficial one undertaken by Parliamentary soldiers, whose violent destructiveness, particularly against cathedrals, became notorious. The significance of this spontaneous action and the importance of the anti-Catholic and anti-Episcopal feelings that it represented are also examined., An examination of Puritan iconoclasm, the reasons which led to it, and the forces which sustained it., This work offers a detailed analysis of Puritan iconoclasm in England during the 1640s, looking at the reasons for the resurgence of image-breaking a hundred years after the break with Rome, and the extent of the phenomenon. Initially a reaction to the emphasis on ceremony and the 'beauty of holiness' under Archbishop Laud, the attack on 'innovations', such as communion rails, images and stained glass windows, developed into a major campaign driven forward by the Long Parliament as part of its religious reformation. Increasingly radical legislation targeted not just 'new popery', but pre-Reformation survivals and a wide range of objects (including some which had been acceptable to the Elizabethan and Jacobean Church). The book makes a detailed survey of parliament's legislation against images, considering the question of how and how far this legislation was enforced generally, with specific case studies looking at the impact of the iconoclastic reformation in London, in the cathedrals and at the universities. Parallel to this official movement was an unofficial one undertaken by Parliamentary soldiers, whose violent destructiveness became notorious. The significance of this spontaneous action and the importance of the anti-Catholic and anti-Episcopal feelings that it represented are also examined. Shortlisted for Historians of British Art Book Prize for 2003 Dr JULIE SPRAGGON is at the Institute for Historical Research, University of London., An examination of Puritan iconoclasm, the reasons which led to it, and the forces which sustained it. This work offers a detailed analysis of Puritan iconoclasm in England during the 1640s, looking at the reasons for the resurgence of image-breaking a hundred years after the break with Rome, and the extent of the phenomenon. Initially a reaction to the emphasis on ceremony and the 'beauty of holiness' under Archbishop Laud, the attack on 'innovations', such as communion rails, images and stained glass windows, developed into a major campaign driven forwardby the Long Parliament as part of its religious reformation. Increasingly radical legislation targeted not just 'new popery', but pre-Reformation survivals and a wide range of objects (including some which had been acceptable tothe Elizabethan and Jacobean Church). The book makes a detailed survey of parliament's legislation against images, considering the question of how and how far this legislation was enforced generally, with specific case studies looking at the impact of the iconoclastic reformation in London, in the cathedrals and at the universities. Parallel to this official movement was an unofficial one undertaken by Parliamentary soldiers, whose violent destructivenessbecame notorious. The significance of this spontaneous action and the importance of the anti-Catholic and anti-Episcopal feelings that it represented are also examined. Shortlisted for Historians of British Art Book Prize for2003 Dr JULIE SPRAGGON is at the Institute for Historical Research, University of London.

LC Classification NumberBR757.S67 2003