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The later Stuart Church, 1660-1714 features nine essays written by leading scholars in the field and offers new insights into the place of the Church of England within the volatile Restoration era, complementing recent research into political and intellectual culture under the later Stuarts. Sections on ideas and people include essays covering the royal supremacy, the theology of the later Stuart Church and clerical and lay interests. Attention is also given to how the Church of England interacted with Protestant churches in Scotland, Ireland, continental Europe and colonial North America. A concluding section examines the difficult relationships and creative tensions between the established Church in England, Protestant dissenters, and Roman Catholics.The later Stuart Church is intended to be both accessible for students and thought-provoking for scholars within the broad early modern field. -- .

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9781526106742

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The volume is erudite, informative, and adds welcomed depth to the historiography of the Anglican Church and early modern ecclesiastical history at large. This volume should attract a wide readership and will shape future research in the religious history of this crucial period. -- .

The volume is erudite, informative, and adds welcomed depth to the historiography of the Anglican Church and early modern ecclesiastical history at large. This volume should attract a wide readership and will shape future research in the religious history of this crucial period. -- .

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Grant Tapsell is Fellow and Tutor in History at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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