Republican learning John Toland and the crisis of Christian culture, 1696-1722
This volume explores the life, thought and political commitments of the free-thinker John Toland (1670-1722). Studying both his private archive and published works, it illustrates how Toland moved in both subversive and elite political circles in England and abroad ... The book explores the connecti...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Manchester ; New York : New York :
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
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Manchester : [2018] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Politics, culture, and society in early modern Britain.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427405606719 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction - Locating John Toland
- 1. 'The traffic of books': libraries, friends and conversation
- 2. Publishing reason: John Toland and print and scribal communities
- 3. Reading Scripture: the reception of Christianity not mysterious, 1696-1702
- 4. Editing the republic: Milton, Harrington and the Williamite monarchy, 1698-1714
- 5. Anglia libera: Protestant liberties and the Hanoverian succession, 1700-14
- 6. Sapere aude: 'commonwealth' politics under George I, 1714-22
- 7. Respublica mosaica: imposters, legislators and civil religion
- 8. De studio theologia: patristic erudition and the attack on Scripture
- 9. 'A complete history of priestcraft': The Druids and the origins of ancient virtue
- Conclusion - Writing enlightenment
- Select Tolandiana
- Index.
