Europe and the making of England, 1660-1760

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Label

Europe and the making of England, 1660-1760

Statement of responsibility

Tony Claydon

Creator

• Claydon, Tony

Subject

• England -- Religion -- 18th century
• Europe -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
• Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Europe
• Great Britain -- History -- 1660-1714
• Great Britain -- History -- 1714-1837
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760
• England -- Religion -- 17th century

Language

eng

Summary

"A wide-ranging and original re-interpretation of England's history and national identity during the vital century (1660-1760) in which the country emerged as the leading world power and developed its peculiarly free political culture. Disputing the insular and xenophobic image of the English in the period, and denying that this was an age of secularisation, Tony Claydon demonstrates instead the people's active participation in a 'Protestant international' and their deep attachment to a European 'Christendom'. He shows how these outward-looking identities shaped key developments by generating a profound sense of duty of God's foreign faithful. The English built a world beating state by intervening abroad to defend Christendom and the reformation, and their politics were forged as they debated different understandings of these international entities. England may have diverged from continental norms in this period but this book shows that it did so because of its intense religious engagement with that continent."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

942.06

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in early modern British history