Attitudes towards militancy in the French civil wars and the.
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London :
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Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1995.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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1 online resource (113 pages)
CONTENTS NOTE
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Calvin: violent remedies; Repression of armed hostility; Perspectives of war in the writings of Agrippa d'Aubigne; Resistance justified; A poet's account; From Calvin to Cromwell through Beard; Winstanley: the values of experience; In the shadow of God: Andrew Marvell; Conclusion; References; Index.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Sproxton examines a recurring theme in history: the tension between religious faith and political and militant action, studies texts written during two periods of major political upheaval, by such figures as Calvin, D'Aubigne, Cromwell, Winstanley.
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9780415076814
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Calvin, Jean,1509-1564.
Calvin, Jean,1509-1564.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Christian sociology-- Europe-- Reformed Church-- History.
Militarism-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History of doctrines.