British Monarchy, English Church Establishment, and Civil Liberty

by John A. Taylor

Overview

Will the British retain the monarchy and the English church establishment into the 21st century? The preservation of the monarchy and of the establishment of the church of England is a matter that cuts deep in fact and theory. The monarchy and the church are symbols of civil liberty, and as such they carry the freight of British national identity. Yet it is difficult to take those institutions seriously now because Britons give too little consideration to serious reforms of any kind for the monarchy or the church. This book suggests possible reforms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313298448
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/28/1996
Series:	Contributions to the Study of World History , #56
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	1190L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOHN A. TAYLOR is Professor of History at Southern Illinois University.

Table of Contents

Preserving British Monarchy and English Church Establishment
A Note on Method and Terminology
Anglican and Puritan Notions of Moral Restraint
Moral Restraint, British Wealth, and Popular Government
Civil Liberty and the Construction of National Identity
Reformation: Liberty as National Sovereignty
Civil War
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 and Civil Liberty
American Revolution and British Reaction
Whig and Liberal Precepts of Moral Restraint
Present Scandal
New Puritanism
A Note on Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Given the current "scandals" in the British monarchy, Taylor (history, Southern Illinois U.) argues for preserving the relationship between the monarchy and the Church of England through reformations based on puritan notions of moral restraint and civil liberty. In order to reinforce the frame of his reformation recommendations, he wanders through the history of Anglicanism, Puritanism, the "glorious revolution of 1688," the American Revolution, and into whig, liberal, and aristocratic notions of moral restraint and civil liberty. The author's clipped writing style telegraphs his ideas, but lends a didactic tone to the subject matter. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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