1st Edition
Defending the Revolution The Church of Scotland 1689�1716
By Jeffrey Stephen
Copyright 2013
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
354 Pages
by
Routledge
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The 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688-90 played a fundamental role in re-shaping the political, religious and cultural map of the British Isles. Yet, as this book demonstrates, many key elements of the history of the period between the landing of William of Orange and the establishment of the Union between Scotland and England, remain shadowy. In particular, the religious and theological underpinnings... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1 Presbyterianism's Glorious Revolution; Chapter 2 The Kirk, by Law Established; Chapter 3 Purging and Planting: The Commissions for the North and South; Chapter 4 Coping with Union; Chapter 5 Anti-Jacobite and Anti-Union; the Presbyterian Dilemma; Chapter 6 Home and Foreign Mission; conclusion Conclusion;
Biography
Jeffrey Stephen
'... marvelous and formidable ... Defending the Revolution is, first and foremost, a political history of Scottish Presbyterianism from the waning days of the Restoration Killing Time through the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising of 1715.' Journal of British Studies
