{"product_id":"persecution-and-toleration-in-protestant-england-1558-1689-9781138144897","title":"Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England 1558-1689","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Coffey\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating work is the first overview of its subject to be published in over half a century. The issues it deals with are key to early modern political, religious and cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe seventeenth century is traditionally regarded as a period of expanding and extended liberalism, when superstition and received truth were overthrown. The book questions how far England moved towards becoming a liberal society at that time and whether or not the end of the century crowned a period of progress, or if one set of intolerant orthodoxies had simply been replaced by another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book examines what toleration means now and meant then, explaining why some early modern thinkers supported persecution and how a growing number came to advocate toleration. Introduced with a survey of concepts and theory, the book then studies the practice of toleration at the time of Elizabeth I and the Stuarts, the Puritan Revolution and the Restoration. The seventeenth century emerges as a turning point after which, for the first time, a good Christian society also had to be a tolerant one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePersecution and Toleration is a critical addition to the study of early modern Britain and to religious and political history. ","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45237627256983,"sku":"9781138144897","price":14551.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138144897.webp?v=1769217107","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/persecution-and-toleration-in-protestant-england-1558-1689-9781138144897","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}