From Persecution to Toleration: The Glorious Revolution and Religion in England - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198201966 ISBN 13: 9780198201960

Publisher: Clarendon Press, 1991

Synopsis

This book examines the importance of the Glorious Revolution and the passing of the Toleration Act to the development of religious and intellectual freedom in England. Most historians have considered these events to be of little significance in this connection. From Persecution to Toleration focuses on the importance of the Toleration Act for contemporaries, and also explores its wider historical context and impact. Taking its point of departure from the intolerance of the sixteenth century, the book goes on to emphasize what is here seen to be the very substantial contribution of the Toleration Act for the development of religious freedom in England. It demonstrates that his freedom was initially limited to Protestant Nonconformists, immigrant as well as English, and that it quickly came in practice to include Catholics, Jews, and anti-Trinitarians.

Contributors: John Bossy, Patrick Collinson, John Dunn, Graham Gibbs, Mark Goldie, Ole Peter Grell, Robin Gwynn, Jonathan I. Israel, David S. Katz, Andrew Pettegree, Richard H. Popkin, Hugh Trevor-Roper, Nicholas Tyacke, and B. R. White.

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Review

`the fifteen contributors to From Persecution to Toleration successfully reemphasize the importance of the Glorious Revolution as a religious watershed'Journal of Interdisciplinary History

`Some essays take very broad themes and offer elegant and neatly illustrated commentaries on the familiar ... it the collection] does offer a variety of distinctive comfits for those with a sweet tooth.'John Morrill, The Higher

`interesting collection' Anne Whiteman, Huguenot Society Proceedings

`The reader ... benefits from the wider European perspective adopted by the editors, especially the investigation of the Anglo-Dutch dimension. The centrepiece of the volume is Jonathan Israel's superb essay on William III and toleration.' Colin Kidd, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

'an interesting collection of essays'Jeremy Gregory, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Parliamentary History, Vol. 12 (1993)

Edition details

• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0198201966
• ISBN 13: 9780198201960
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Grell Ole Peter, Israel Jonathan I., Tyacke Nicholas