Goldie's work transcends its genre and takes on an importance of its own. . . . The reader of this book, which covers so elegantly and clearly material on biography, theology, politics (both in and out of doors), and political thought, is left with deep admiration for its author, and the slightly depressing question: could anybody else possibly have written ... Read moreit? H-ALBION Will be of immense interest to specialists of the period and it is accessible to others.... Overall this is a very well-crafted monograph, which contains profound insights on the nature of political and religious shifts in late-Stuart England, and a sense of the intricacy of individual trajectories, group identities, and social practices. CERCLES Mark Goldie's book...is one of the best treatments of the complexity and conflicts of the later Stuart period....[It] illuminates the thinking of people beyond just Puritanism and therefore is essential reading for any student of the late seventeenth century. JOURNAL OF RELIGIOUS HISTORY, LITERATURE AND CULTURE [Mark Goldie] and his team have done a tremendous service to make the study of this period easier and more rewarding. A TRUMPET OF SEDITION Show Less