The universality of discipline: restoration of the English episcopacy 1660-1688

Harmes, Marcus (2010) The universality of discipline: restoration of the English episcopacy 1660-1688. Renaissance and Reformation, 33 (1). pp. 55-79. ISSN 0034-429X

Abstract

This paper interprets an under-explored aspect of seventeenth-century English episcopal thought, in which the degradation and violence members of the episcopate experienced in the Civil Wars provided the substance of later arguments for episcopal power. During the Restoration elements of the Church of England embarked upon a set of policies which scholars have since characterised as 'High Tory' and as intending the rigorous persecution of dissent; but these policies were accompanied by episcopally-authored tracts showing how bishops themselves had suffered. Systematic reading of tracts and sermons by and about bishops, especially consecration sermons, permit insights to the episcopate's self-conception during the Restoration and reveals a body of clergy set upon persecution also insisting on its own persecution.

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Item Type:	Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Permanent restricted access to paper due to publisher copyright restrictions.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Mass Communication (Up to 31 Mar 2011)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Historic - Faculty of Arts - Department of Mass Communication (Up to 31 Mar 2011)
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2011 11:50
Last Modified:	12 Mar 2015 22:31
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Church of England; english reformation; english bishops
Fields of Research (2008):	22 Philosophy and Religious Studies > 2204 Religion and Religious Studies > 220401 Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History) 21 History and Archaeology > 2103 Historical Studies > 210305 British History 22 Philosophy and Religious Studies > 2204 Religion and Religious Studies > 220405 Religion and Society
Fields of Research (2020):	50 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 5004 Religious studies > 500401 Christian studies 43 HISTORY, HERITAGE AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 4303 Historical studies > 430304 British history 50 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 5004 Religious studies > 500405 Religion, society and culture
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970121 Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/19857

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