Providence in Early Modern England

By Alexandra Walsham

Book Overview

This book is the most extensive study to date of the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century belief that God actively intervened in human affairs to punish, reward, and chastise. Providentialism has often been seen as a distinctive hallmark of puritan piety. However, Dr. Walsham argues that it was
a cluster of assumptions that penetrated every sector of English society, cutting across the boundaries created by status, creed, education, and wealth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198208871
• ISBN13: 9780198208877
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"