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Book Description
- Title:
- A Short History of Puritanism. A Handbook For Guilds and Bible Classes
- Authors:
- James Heron [1836-1918]
- Publication Year:
- 1908
- Location:
- Edinburgh
- Publisher:
- T & T Clark
- Pages:
- 236
- Subjects:
- Reformation, Puritanism
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
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Table of Contents
- Introduction. Is the History of Puritanism of Our Study?
- Book I. Puritans Prior to the Rise of the Name
- Origin of the Name 'Puritan'
- Mediaeval Puritans:
- Sec. I. Marsiglio of Padua
- Sec. 2. John Wyclif
- Sec. 3. The Lollards
- Puritans under Henry VIII
- Puritanism "Conceived" under Edward VI
- Puritanism under Mary: "Its Birth Beyond Sea"
- Book II. Puritanism "Nursed and Weaned" Under Elizabeth
- The Vestments and Ceremonies Opposed
- A New Constitution Demanded
- Puritan Institutions set up
- Sec. 1. The Prophesyings Established
- Sec. 2. The Presbyterian Order Erected
- Sec. 3. Presbyterianism set up in Jersey and Guernse
- The Whitgift Tyranny
- Puritanism a Bulwark against Papal Aggression: the Im;ncible Armada
- Puritanism in the Higher Literature: Bacon; Spenser; Shakespeare; Milton
- Book III. Puritanism Under the Stuarts
- Puritanism under James I. : "A Tall Stripling" 177 II. Puritanism under Charles I. : " In the Full Strength and Stature of a Man" 199 III. Puritanism under Charles II,: An Outcast
- Index
Cross References
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