Constitutional History of the American Revolution
Constitutional History of the American Revolution

Author: John Phillip Reid

Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9780299130701

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Brilliantly executed....Reid's central argument is reserved for his contentions about how the American Revolution occurred within the British constitutional framework. Crucial is his assertion that the eighteenth-century British constitution itself was a vital crossroad between the old constitution of 'customary powers, with rights secured as property' and the newer constitution 'of sovereign command and of arbitrary parliamentary supremacy.' The conflict between the two was profound and ultimately irreconcilable as the Americans, with occasional misgivings and uncertainties, sustained the old and Parliament lurched toward the new...This book (has) a compelling intellectual force that deserves the closest scrutiny.' -George M. Curtis III, American Historical Review

Justifying Revolution
Justifying Revolution

Author: Gary L. Steward

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2021-06-03

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 0197565379

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Historians have debated how the clergy's support for political resistance during the American Revolution should be understood, often looking to influence outside of the clergy's tradition. This book argues, however, that the position of the patriot clergy was in continuity with a long-standing tradition of Protestant resistance. Drawing from a wide range of sources, Justifying Revolution: The American Clergy's Argument for Political Resistance, 1750-1776 answers the question of why so many American clergyman found it morally and ethically right to support resistance to British political authority by exploring the theological background and rich Protestant history available to the American clergy as they considered political resistance and wrestled with the best course of action for them and their congregations. Gary L. Steward argues that, rather than deviating from their inherited modes of thought, the clergy who supported resistance did so in ways that were consistent with their own theological tradition.

Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century
Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century

Author: Robert M. Andrews

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-05-12

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 9004293795

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Lay Activism and the High Church Movement of the Late Eighteenth Century: The Life and Thought of William Stevens, 1732-1807, by Robert M. Andrews, is the first full-length study of Stevens’ life and thought. Historiographically revisionist and contextualised within a neglected history of lay High Church activism, Andrews presents Stevens as an influential High Church layman who brought to Anglicanism not only his piety and theological learning, but his wealth and business acumen. With extensive social links to numerous High Church figures in late Georgian Britain, Stevens’ lay activism is shown to be central to the achievements and effectiveness of the wider High Church movement during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Selected Writings of Hannah More
Selected Writings of Hannah More

Author: Robert Hole

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-11-30

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1000387968

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First published in 1996, Selected Writings of Hannah More brings together some of More’s most powerful work, illustrating her views on the proper role of women in all areas of society. Hannah More was a member of the London literary scene and is known for her morally restrictive and politically reactionary views, confronting the arguments of radicals and feminists alike. The book explores a number of More’s key works and includes a selection of her Letters from London in the 1770s, reflecting on the state of society. Also examined are several of More’s poems and short stories. Selected Writings of Hannah More will appeal to those with an interest in social, cultural, and literary history.

Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment
Cambridge in the Age of the Enlightenment

Author: John Gascoigne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2002-07-18

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 9780521524971

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This book traces the relationship between Anglicanism and science in late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge.

Enlightenment Reformation
Enlightenment Reformation

Author: Derya Gürses Tarbuck

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-11-18

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 1315316870

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Towards moderation -- 6 From moderation to assimilation: 1777-1806 -- Last men standing -- The Hutchinsonian reputation in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index