‘Religion’s safe, with priestcraft is the war’: Augustan anticlericalism and the legacy of the English Revolution, 1660-1720.

Justin Champion

‘Religion’s safe, with priestcraft is the war’: Augustan anticlericalism and the legacy of the English Revolution, 1660-1720.

Justin Champion

Department of History

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Abstract

Anticlericalism has been neglected as an important element in England between 1660 and 1720. The nature and authority of the Church was inextricably linked to questions of the authority of the Crown and the state, and the rights of conscience.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	547-561
Journal	The European Legacy
Volume	5
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2000

Keywords

Seventeenth Century England
Anticlericalism
Church and State
Divine Right
conscience

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