Title John Goodwin and the Puritan Revolution : religion and intellectual change in seventeenth-century England / John Coffey

Published Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 337 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction : A man by himself -- A tryar of men's doctrines, 1594-1632 -- Goodwin of Colman-Street, 1633-39 -- The anti-cavalier, 1640-43 -- A bitter enemie to presbyterie, 1643-45 -- The grand heretick of England, 1645-48 -- Champion of the army, 1648-51 -- The great spreader of Arminianism, 1647-53 -- A man of strife, 1652-59 -- Infamous firebrand, 1660 & beyond -- Conclusion : A harbinger of the Lockean age Summary John Goodwin [1594-1665] was one of the most prolific and controversial writers of the English Revolution; his career illustrates some of the most important intellectual developments of the seventeenth century. Educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, he became vicar of a flagship Puritan parish in the City of London. During the 1640s, he wrote in defence of the civil war, the army revolt, Pride's Purge, and the regicide, only to turn against Cromwell in 1657. Finally, repudiating religious uniformity, he became one of England's leading tolerationists. This richly contextualised study, the first modern intellectual biography of Goodwin, explores the whole range of writings produced by him and his critics. Amongst much else, it shows that far from being a maverick individualist, Goodwin enjoyed a wide readership, pastored one of London's largest Independent congregations and was well connected to various networks. Hated and admired by Anglicans, Presbyterians and Levellers, he provides us with a new perspective on contemporaries like Richard Baxter and John Milton. It will be of special interest to students of Puritanism, the English Revolution, and early modern intellectual history. JOHN COFFEY is Reader in Early Modern History at the University of Leicester Bibliography "A Goodwin bibliography": pages 308-326 Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665 -- Bibliography SUBJECT Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. fast (OCoLC)fst00127914 Goodwin, John, (1594?-1665) ram Subject Puritans -- Controversial literature Religious thought -- England -- 17th century Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- 17th century RELIGION -- Christianity -- Presbyterian. HISTORY -- Modern -- General. Dissenters, Religious. Puritans. Religious thought. Puritains -- Grande-Bretagne -- 17e siècle. SUBJECT Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056789 England -- Church history -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043268 Subject England. Great Britain. Grande-Bretagne -- 1642-1660 (Révolution puritaine) Puritanska revolutionen i England, 1642-1660. Genre/Form Bibliographies. Church history. Controversial literature. History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781846154799 1846154790

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