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Dissenting Histories: Religious Division and the Politics of Memory in Eighteenth-century England
John Seed
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Description for Dissenting Histories: Religious Division and the Politics of Memory in Eighteenth-century England
Hardback. This book provides a rich and empirically grounded account of relations between religious dissent, historical writing, public memory and political identity in eighteenth-century England. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
The first major study of the historical writings of religious dissenters in England between the 1690s and the 1790s, this book redefines the way we understand religious and political identities in the eighteenth century. Dissenting Histories provides a synoptic overview of the development of religious dissent in England between the Restoration and the early nineteenth century, using Dissenters' writings to open up new and different perspectives on how the past was perceived in this period. These writings are located within the wider political culture and the author explores how the long shadow of 'the Great Rebellion' of the 1640s stretched ... Read more
The first major study of the historical writings of religious dissenters in England between the 1690s and the 1790s, this book redefines the way we understand religious and political identities in the eighteenth century. Dissenting Histories provides a synoptic overview of the development of religious dissent in England between the Restoration and the early nineteenth century, using Dissenters' writings to open up new and different perspectives on how the past was perceived in this period. These writings are located within the wider political culture and the author explores how the long shadow of 'the Great Rebellion' of the 1640s stretched ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748621514
SKU
V9780748621514
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About John Seed
John Seed teaches History at Roehampton University London. Publications include: The Culture of Capital. Art, power and the nineteenth-century middle class, co-edited with Janet Wolff (Manchester University Press 1988); Cultural Revolution. The Challenge of the Arts in the 1960s, co-edited with B.Moore-Gilbert (Routledge 1992); '"A set of Men Powerful Enough in Many Things": Rational Dissent and Political ... Read more
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