A new interpretation of English history and religion in the eighteenth century. The eighteenth century has long divided critical opinion. Some contend that it w
The writers known as the English deists were not simply religious controversialists, but agents of reform who contributed to the emergence of modernity. This ti
This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book offers a critical survey of religious change
This study provides a radical reassessment of the English Reformation. No one in eighteenth-century England thought that they were living during ‘the Enlighte
The religious turmoil of the sixteenth century constituted a turning point in the history of Western Christian art. The essays presented in this volume investig
