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Politics, Religion and the British Revolutions : The Mind of Samuel Rutherford (Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History)
Politics Religion and the British Revolutions The Mind of Samuel Rutherford - Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History Author:John Coffey This book is the first modern intellectual biography of the Scottish theologian and political theorist Samuel Rutherford (c. 1600-1661). Its main purpose is to provide a thorough discussion of Rutherford's religious and political ideas, and their role in the ideology of the Scottish Covenanters whose rebellion against Charles I marked the beginn... more »ing of the British troubles in the mid-seventeenth century. The book also constitutes an important multidisciplinary case study in the Calvinist and Puritan traditions.« less