Milton, A. orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-1905 (2023) Contesting the Church of England 1640-70: the European dimension. The Seventeenth Century, 38 (6). pp. 1079-1102. ISSN 0268-117X
Abstract
The contest over the identity of the Church of England in the mid-seventeenth century is often conceived from a purely English perspective. This article suggests that considering its neglected European dimension offers a new and fruitful angle on events. It goes on to offer some indicative snapshots of moments when foreign Reformed perspectives and contributions were important. The Covenanter rebellion and arguments over English church reform in 1638-42 were moments when invoking the support of existing European religious authorities formed an important part of both sides’ legitimization. In the civil war, competition for continental religious endorsement was avidly pursued by both sides, with mixed results, while royalists also toyed with foreign divines’ redefinitions of episcopacy. Complex ways in which foreign Reformed authorities were manipulated into seeming to support the Restoration settlement are flagged. It is noted that Continental divines’ own perspectives on English events were notably autonomous and conflicted.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2023 The Authors. Except as otherwise noted, this author-accepted version of a journal article published in The Seventeenth Century is made available via the University of Sheffield Research Publications and Copyright Policy under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | Church of England; foreign Reformed churches; Huguenots; Covenanters; episcopacy; Westminster Assembly; Restoration church; Dutch church |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2023 15:31 |
Last Modified: | 03 Jan 2024 11:24 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis Group |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/0268117X.2023.2266300 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:204047 |
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