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

Pečar, Andreas

Berghahn Books（2021/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 270 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781800733206
• DDC分類 220.60941090

Full Description

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.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. England and the Struggle against the Antichrist

Chapter 2. James VI as Supreme Exegete in Scotland

Chapter 3. Apologists for Crown Authority: The Divine Right of Kings

Chapter 4. The Gap between lex dei and Royal Authority

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index