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Author Spraggon, Julie, 1962- author

Title Puritan iconoclasm during the English Civil War / Julie Spraggon
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in modern British religious history, 1464-6625 ; v. 6
Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 6
Contents Introduction -- 1. Attitudes to Images from the Reformation to the Meeting of the Long Parliament c.1536-1640 -- 2. The Argument for Reform: the Literature of Iconoclasm -- 3. Official Iconoclasm: the Long Parliament and the Reformation of Images -- 4. The Enforcement of Iconoclastic Legislation in the Localities -- 5. The Response in London -- 6. The Reformation of the Cathedrals -- 7. Iconoclasm at the Universities; Conclusion
Summary This work offers a detailed analysis of Puritan iconoclasm in England during the 1640s. It looks at the reasons for the resurgence of image-breaking a hundred years after the break with Rome, and the extent of the phenomenon. Initially a reaction to the emphasis on ceremony and the 'beauty of holiness' under Archbishop Laud, the attack on 'innovations', such as communion rails, images and stained glass windows, developed into a major campaign driven forward by the Long Parliament as part of its religious reformation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-304) and index
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Subject Iconoclasm -- England -- 17th century
Puritans -- England -- History -- 17th century
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
Iconoclasm
Puritans
SUBJECT England -- Church history -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043268
Subject England
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1846151406
9781846151408