Antichrist in Seventeenth Century England
In the centuries following the Reformation, Antichrist--the biblical Beast, whose coming was to precede the end of the world and the coming of Christ's kingdom--was an intensely real figure. The debate raged as to who this Antichrist, whose downfall was now at hand, might be. Was he the Pope? Bishops? A state church? The monarchy? Or was it just a term of abuse to be hurled at anybody one disliked? Christopher Hill, one of Britain's most distinguished historians, here reconstructs the significance of Antichrist during the revolutionary crises of the early seventeenth century. Radical Protestant sects applied the term--a name synonymous with r…
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- ISBN: 978-0-86091-997-1
- EAN: 9780860919971
- Produktnummer: 3200376
- Verlag: Verso Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Seitenangabe: 220 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B14.6 cm x D1.5 cm 268 g
- Auflage: New ed
- Abbildungen: black & white illustrations
- Gewicht: 268
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
Über den Autor
Christopher Hill (1912-2003) was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and later became Master of the college. His celebrated and influential works include Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution, The World Turned Upside Down and A Turbulent, Seditious and Fractious People: John Bunyan and His Church.
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