Name: Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England (Riddell Memorial Lectures)
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Author: Christopher Hill
ISBN: 9780860919971

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Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England (Riddell Memorial Lectures)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Christopher Hill

Publisher

Verso

Year

1990

Language

English

Pages

216

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0860919978

ISBN13

9780860919971

Synopsis "Antichrist in Seventeenth-Century England (Riddell Memorial Lectures) "

In the centuries following the Reformation, Antichrist--the biblical Beast, whose coming was to precede the end of the world and the coming of Christ's kingdom--was an intensely real figure. The debate raged as to who this Antichrist, whose downfall was now at hand, might be. Was he the Pope? Bishops? A state church? The monarchy? Or was it just a term of abuse to be hurled at anybody one disliked? Christopher Hill, one of Britain's most distinguished historians, here reconstructs the significance of Antichrist during the revolutionary crises of the early seventeenth century. Radical Protestant sects applied the term--a name synonymous with repression and persecution--to those Establishment institutions of which they disapproved; in particular, the Pope. Then, with that revolution in thought which resulted in the separation of religion from politics, the figure of Antichrist lost its significance.

Christopher Hill

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Christopher Hill (1912-2003) fue un influyente historiador marxista británico, conocido por su profundo estudio de la Revolución Inglesa del siglo XVII y su enfoque en la "historia desde abajo", resaltando los movimientos radicales y utópicos de la época, como los Diggers y Levellers, vinculando su legado con el presente, y fue Rector del Balliol College de Oxford, dejando obras clave como El siglo de la revolución y El mundo trastornado

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