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Thomas, Samuel S.

Creating communities in Restoration England : parish and congregation in Oliver Heywood's Halifax / bySamuel S. Thomas. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013. - 1 online resource (viii, 212 pages) - Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 164 1573-5664 ; . - Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 164. .

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 7, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-208) and index.

pt. 1. Anglicans and dissenters in restoration Halifax -- pt. 2. Creating a dissenting society.

Through the extensive diaries of Presbyterian minister Oliver Heywood, this book explores the role that individuals played in fashioning their religious communities during the Restoration, as England stumbled from persecution towards a limited toleration of Protestant dissenters.


English.

ISBN: 9789004235496 9004235493 9789004229297 9004229299 1283716941 9781283716949

LCCN: 2012027478

Subjects--Personal Names:
Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702.
Heywood, Oliver, 1629-1702

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1600-1699

Subjects--Topical Terms:
RELIGION--Christianity--History.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Halifax (England)--Church history--17th century.
England--Halifax

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Church history

LC Class. No.: BX5205.H35 / T46 2013eb

Dewey Class. No.: 274.28/12