Laudian and Royalist polemic in seventeenth-century England

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Anthony Milton is Professor of History at the University of Sheffield

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Looks at one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth century, whose writings lie at the heart of the rule of Charles I, the Civil War, and the restoration of Charles II. In the process, the author presents an important new interpretation of the origins and nature of Anglicanism and royalism.

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Introduction 1. The making of a Laudian polemicist? 2. 'Civill warres of the clergy': 1632-40 3. The voice of Laudianism? Polemic and ideology in Heylyn's 1630s writings 4. Prosecution, royalism and newsbooks: Peter Heylyn and the Civil War 5. Dealing with the Interregnum 6. Ecclesia Restaurata? Heylyn and the Restoration Church 1660-88 7. Conclusion: religion and politics in Heylyn's career and writings Index