The royal actor -- Habeas corpus : foundations of the cult before 1649 -- By the rivers of Babylon : the cult in exile -- In verbo tuo spes mea : fashioning the royal martyr -- The return to Zion : he cult and the restored monarchy -- Irreligious rants and civil seditions : the cult in 'the age of party' -- A pattern of religion and virtue : the conservative martyr -- Our own, our royal saint
Summary
The first study to deal exclusively with the cult ofKing Charles the Martyr - Charles I as suffering, innocent king, walking in the footsteps of his Saviour to his own Calvary at Whitehall - and the political theology underpinning it, taking the story up to 1859
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-302) and index