Politics, religion and the British revolutions : the mind of Samuel Rutherford /

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Author / Creator:Coffey, John, 1969-
Imprint:Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Description:1 online resource (xii, 304 pages).
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in early modern British history
Cambridge studies in early modern British history.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11114151
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ISBN:0511003587
9780511003585
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.
"Bibliography of Samuel Rutherford": pages 260-275.
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Summary:This is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish Covenanters' great theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-61). The central focus is on Rutherford's political thought and his major treatise, Lex, Rex, written in 1644 as a justification of the Covenanters' resistance to King Charles I. The book demonstrates that while Lex, Rex provided a careful synthesis of natural-law theory and biblical politics, Rutherford's Old Testament vision of a purged and covenanted nation ultimately subverted his commitment to the politics of natural reason. The book also discusses a wide range of other topics, including scholasticism and humanism, Calvinist theology, Presbyterian ecclesiology, Rutherford's close relationships with women and his fervent spirituality. It will therefore be of considerable interest to a range of scholars and students working on Scottish and English history, Calvinism and Puritanism, and early modern political thought.
Other form:Print version: Coffey, John, 1969- Politics, religion and the British revolutions. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 0521581729
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Summary:An intellectual biography of the Scottish theologian and political theorist Samuel Rutherford (1600-61).
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 304 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.
"Bibliography of Samuel Rutherford": pages 260-275.
ISBN:0511003587
9780511003585