Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 316 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781800108561
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9781800108554
Content:
A rich analysis of the mindset of Puritans and of their theology which justified military action and acts of killing.
Content:
Front Cover -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- CONVENTIONS -- 1 Puritan Theology and the Pressure of War -- 2 Military Providentialism -- 3 Godly Violence -- PART I DAWN -- 4 Mystic Massacre (1637): 'Divine Slaughter by the Hand of the English' -- 5 Naseby (1645): 'Non nobis Domine, non nobis' -- PART II DAY -- 6 Drogheda (1649): 'Christ begins to reign as a Man of Blood' -- 7 Dunbar (1650): 'An Achan in the Scots Army' -- PART III DUSK -- 8 Great Swamp Fight (1676): 'Terrible things in righteousness' -- 9 Conclusion: Cross-Conflict Comparison -- 10 Afterword: A Candle in the Dark -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- NAME INDEX -- PLACE INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX.
Content:
This book recounts Puritan struggles for military dominance and for an authoritative interpretation of God's agency in war. It asks: What did Puritans say was God's will in warfare; and how did they claim to know? It applies the term 'military providentialism' to this attempt to understand God's will and agency in war; and the term 'godly violence' to an act of killing that was deemed to be both just and holy. The book explores these themes by examining Puritan warfare against four groups: Native Americans, royalist Episcopalians, Irish Catholics and Scottish Presbyterians. It employs a wide range of printed and archival sources: sermons, treatises, official documents, newsbooks, letters, diaries, poems and objects related to material culture; and considers private providential interpretations written by obscure individuals alongside published works by more prominent people. Overall, the book provides a rich analysis of the mindset which sustained Puritan political theology and military action at the time when Puritans were at the height of their power on both sides of the Atlantic
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781837650149
Language:
English
