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Book SynopsisWhat happens when politicians believe they are governing in God's name and with His approval?
Trade Review"The Christian Church - particularly the Protestant bit of it - is particularly adept at bifurcation. This was never more evident than in the seventeenth century. Whittock leads us through the luxuriant undergrowth of politico-religious fragmentation and rival sincerities. His book well deserves to be set alongside Christopher Hill's classic The World Turned Upside Down." - Derek Wilson, historian and author
Table of ContentsContents
Acknowledgements ix
Timeline of key events x
Introduction xv
1. Roots of Radicalization 1
2. “The World Turned Upside Down!” 17
3. North of the Border: A Very Scottish Godly Rule 32
4. A Godly War? 49
5. Hunting Down the Enemies of God 65
6. The “Rule of the Saints” in Ireland 79
7. Social and Political Justice for the Common Man?
The Levellers 95
8. A Very English Kind of Communism: The Diggers 111
9. “God’s People Must Be a Bloody People!”
The Fifth Monarchy Men 123
10. Not Very Quiet Quakers! 139
11. Cromwell and the Rule of God 155
12. The End of the “Good Old Cause” 170
13. A New Jerusalem in the New World? 185
14. The Legacy of the Godly in Britain 202
15. The Legacy of the Godly in North America 215
Notes 227
About the author 243
Glossary 245
