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1 online resource (viii, 337 pages) : illustrations |
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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 |
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"A Goodwin bibliography": pages 308-326 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665.
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Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665 -- Bibliography
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Goodwin, John, 1594?-1665. |
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Goodwin, John, (1594?-1665) |
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Puritans -- Controversial literature
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Religious thought -- England -- 17th century
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Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History -- 17th century
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Presbyterian.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
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Dissenters, Religious.
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Puritans.
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Religious thought.
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Puritains -- Grande-Bretagne -- 17e siècle.
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Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714.
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England -- Church history -- 17th century.
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England.
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Great Britain.
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Grande-Bretagne -- 1642-1660 (Révolution puritaine)
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Puritanska revolutionen i England, 1642-1660.
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Bibliographies.
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Church history.
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Controversial literature.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846154799 |
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1846154790 |
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