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This book attempts to defend the use of the term 'English Enlightenment' by using late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge as an illustration of the widespread diffusion of some of the chief characteristics of the Enlightenment within the Church of England and the English 'Establishment' more generally.

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Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The 'Holy Alliance' in Gestation, 1660–88: 1. Restoration, religion and reaction; 2. Cambridge and the latitude-men; 3. Restoration Cambridge and the 'new philosophy'; Part II. The 'Holy Alliance' Proclaimed, 1689–1768: 4. The creation and consolidation of whig Cambridge; 5. The clash of creeds; 6. Newtonian natural philosophy established; Part III. The 'Holy Alliance' Questioned, 1769–1800: 7. The eclipse of whig Cambridge; 8. The revival of revealed theology; 9. Mathematics ascendant; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 7/18/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521524971, 978-0521524971
      ISBN10: 0521524970
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book attempts to defend the use of the term 'English Enlightenment' by using late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Cambridge as an illustration of the widespread diffusion of some of the chief characteristics of the Enlightenment within the Church of England and the English 'Establishment' more generally.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. The 'Holy Alliance' in Gestation, 1660–88: 1. Restoration, religion and reaction; 2. Cambridge and the latitude-men; 3. Restoration Cambridge and the 'new philosophy'; Part II. The 'Holy Alliance' Proclaimed, 1689–1768: 4. The creation and consolidation of whig Cambridge; 5. The clash of creeds; 6. Newtonian natural philosophy established; Part III. The 'Holy Alliance' Questioned, 1769–1800: 7. The eclipse of whig Cambridge; 8. The revival of revealed theology; 9. Mathematics ascendant; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.

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