Introduction; 1. An Unresolved Reformation; 2. Situating the Laudian Reformation; 3. Responses to the Laudian Reformation; 4. The Abortive Reformation 1640–42; 5. The End of Episcopalian Reformation; 6. Reformation by Negotiation; 7. The Westminster Reformation and the Parliamentarian Church of England 1642–49; 8. The Royalist Church of England 1642–49; 9. Alternative Reformations 1649–53; 10. The Cromwellian Church; 11. Episcopalian Royalism in the 1650s; 12. Failed Reformations 1659–61; 13. The End of Comprehensive Reformation and the Caroline Settlement.
This compelling new history situates the religious upheavals of the civil war years within the broader history of the Church of England.
Anthony Milton is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of books including Catholic and Reformed (1995) and Laudian and Royalist Polemic in Seventeenth-century England (2007), and he edited volume 1 of The Oxford History of Anglicanism, Volume 1 (2017). He has held a major research fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust and a visiting fellowship at All Souls College and has given invited papers at numerous international venues. He has also served as president of the Society for Reformation Studies (2015–19).
'Anthony Milton's magnum opus sets out a powerful reinterpretation
of the politics of religion in seventeenth-century England. Instead
of seeing Anglican conservatives pitted against Puritan
revolutionaries, Milton depicts an era of Second Reformation, a
contest between rival Reformers of the Church of England. A
magisterial book.' John Coffey, University of Leicester
'Remarkable for the breadth of its scholarship and depth of its
analysis, the very best thing about Anthony Milton's magnum opus is
the clarity of its exegesis and of its reimagining of the mid
seventeenth century as a struggle for the re-formation of the
Church of England by its engagement with contested pasts and
challenging presents. This is intellectual, cultural and religious
history of the highest order.' John Morrill, University of
Cambridge
'Anthony Milton is to be congratulated on this substantial work
which reassesses the religious upheavals of England in the
mid-seventeenth century.' Martin Cowper, Congregational History
Society Magazine
'… in this deeply scholarly book, Milton provides a significant
re-framing of our own 'origin myths' and places the violent events
of the mid-17th century as much, if not more, at the centre of a
historical understanding of the nature of the Church of England as
those of the mid-16th century ... The case for the scholarly
importance of England's Second Reformation is without doubt …'
Judith Maltby, Church Times
'… This is a nuanced and subtly textured book … it is a deeply
rewarding read that will challenge both new students and longtime
scholars of the period to reimagine their past approaches.' D. Alan
Orr, H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
'A fascinating account, which will become essential reading for any
student of the period.' Alice J. Soulieux-Evans, Reformation
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