The Power of Scripture: Political Biblicism in the Early Stuart Monarchy between Representation and Subversion: 8 (Studies in British and Imperial History, 8)

Book 6 of 6: Studies in British and Imperial History

Pečar, Andreas

 
9781800733206: The Power of Scripture: Political Biblicism in the Early Stuart Monarchy between Representation and Subversion: 8 (Studies in British and Imperial History, 8)
ISBN 10: 1800733208 ISBN 13: 9781800733206
Publisher: Berghahn Books, 2021

Synopsis

In England, from the Reformation era to the outbreak of the Civil War, religious authority contributed to popular political discourse in ways that significantly shaped the legitimacy of the monarchy as a form of rule as well as the monarch’s ability to act politically. The Power of Scripture casts aside parochial conceptualizations of that authority’s origins and explores the far-reaching consequences of political biblicism. It shows how arguments, narratives, and norms taken from Biblical scripture not only directly contributed to national religious politics but also left lasting effects on the socio-political development of Stuart England.

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About the Author

Andreas Pečar is Professor of Early Modern History at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, where he is Chair of the ‘Enlightenment―Religion―Knowledge’ research cluster and President of the Historical Society of Saxony-Anhalt. He has published on the imperial court in Vienna; political biblicism in England and Scotland; the Enlightenment and its relationship to modernity (with Damien Tricoire); Frederick the Great as author and philosopher; and recently (with Marianne Taatz-Jacobi) on the University of Halle’s historical links with the Prussian government.

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Publisher
Berghahn Books
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1800733208
ISBN 13 
9781800733206
Binding
Library Binding
Number of pages
270